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SATYRS 



O F 

Decimns Junius jwvenalis: 

AND OF 

AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS. 




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By Mr. D RT D E N, 

And feveral other Emment Hands, 
To which, is Prefixed a 

DISCOU RSE 

Concerning the 
Original and Progrefs of SATYR. 

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To the Right Honourable 

CHARLES 

Earl of ^orfet and Middlefex, 

Lord CbamherlMn of His Majefty's Houjholdy 
j Knight of the Moji Noble O R D E R of 
' the GjiRtER, &c. 

My LO R Dy 

|HE Wilhes xaA DeGres of all good 
^ Men, which have attended your Lord- 
I fhip from your FitCl Appearance in the 
I World, arc at length accomplifh'd in 

3 your obtaining thofc Honours and 

Dij^itiej, which you have To long delcrv'd. There 
are noFa&ions, tho' irreconcilable to one another, 
that are not united in their AffcSion to you, and 
the Refpcft they pay you. They arc equally 
pleas'd in your Prorpcricy, and wou'd be equally 
concern'd in your AiRiflion. Tiius Vef^mn was 
not more the Delight of Human-ki..J. The Uni- 
vec&l £nipiic made him only more kaovrn, u^i. 




ir ne DED ICAriO N. 

more powerful, but cou'd not make him more 
belov'd. He had greater Abih'ty of doing Good, 
but your Inclination to it, is not Icfs : And tho' 
you cou'd not extend your Beneficence to fo many 
rerfons, yet you have loft as few Days as that ex- 
cellent Empergr ; and never had his Complaint to 
mak« when you went to Bed, that the Sun had 
fhonc upon you in vain, when you had the Op- 
portunity of relieving fome unhappy Man. This, 
my Lord, has juftly acquir'd you as many Friends, 
as there are Perfons who have the Honour to be 
known to you : Meer Acquaintance you have 
none ; you have drawn them all into a nearer ": 
Line: And they who have conversed with you, are * 
for ever after inviolably yours. . This Is a Truth 
fo generally acknowledged, that it needs no Proof: 
•Fis of the Nature of afirft Principle, which is re- 
ceive as foon as it is proposed ; and needs not the 
Reformation which Defcartes usM to his :. For wc 
doubt not, neither can wc properly fay, we think 
we admire and love you, above all other Men : ' 
There is a Certainty in the Propofition, and we 
know it. With the lame AflUrance can I fay^ you 
neither hare Enemies, nor can fcarce have any; 
for they who have never heard of you, can neither 
Love or Hate you ; and they who have, can have 
no other Notion of you, than that which they 
receive from the Publick, that you are the beft of 
Men. After this, my Teftimony can be of no 
farther ufe, than to declare it to be Day-light at 
High-noon; And all who have the Benefit of bight, 
can look up as well, and fee the Sun. 

*Tfs true, I have one Privilege which is almoft 
particular to my felf, that I few you in the Eafi 
at your firft arifing above the Hemifphere : I was 
as foon fcnfible as any Man of that lAj^hx^ wbczi ^ 

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f%e DEDICAriON. v 

k was but jufl (hooting out, and beginning to tra« 
fel upwards to the Meridian. I made my early 
Addrefles to your Lordfhip, in my Effay of Dra- 
matick Poetry; and therein bcfpoke you to the 
World ; wherein I have the Ri^ht of a Firft Dif- 
coverer* When I was my fcU, in the Rudiments 
of my Poetry, without Name or Reputation in the 
World, having rather the Ambition of a Writer, 
than the Skill ; when I was drawing the Out-lines 
of an Art, without any living Mafter to inftruft 
me in it ; an Art which had been better praisM than 
llady'd here in England^ wherein Shaiefpear, who ' 
created the Stage among us, had rather written hap- ^ 
pily, then knowingly and juftly ; and Jobnfin^ who 
oy ftudying Horace^ had been acquainted with the 
Rules, yet leemed to envy to Pofterity that Know- 
ledge, and like an Inventer of fome ufeful Art, 
to make a Monopoly of his Learning: When thus, 
IS I may lay, before the Ufe of the Lroadlionej or 
Knowledge of the Compafs, I was &iling m a 
vaft Ocean, without other help than the Pole-Star 
of the Ancients, and the Rules of the French 
St^e amongft the Moderns, which are eitremelf 
different from ours, by reafon of their oppofite 
Ttfte ; yet even then, I had the Prefiimption to 
Dedkrate to your Lordfhip : A very unfinifti'd Piece,. 
I muft confefs, and which only can be excused by 
the little Experience of the Author, and the Mo- 
dcfty of the Title, An EJfay. Yet I was ftronger 
in Prophecy than I was in Criticifin ; I was infpir'd 
to forctel You to Mankind, as the Reftorer of 
Poetry, the greateft Genius, the trueft Judge, and 
the beft Patron. 

Good Scnfe and good Nature are never fcpara- ^ 
led, tho' the ignoraqt World has thought other- 
Wife. Good Mature, by which 1 tneaa ^tvt.^* 

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vi The DEDICjriON. 

cencc and Candor, }s the Produ3 of right Res 

fon ; which of neccffity will give allowance to th 

Failings of others, by confidering that there is nc 

thing perfedl in Mankind ; ana by diflinguifliin 

that which comes neareft to Excellency, tho' nc 

abfolutely free from Faults, will certainly produc 

a Candor in the Judge. 'Tis incident to an elevate 

Underftanding, like your Lordihip^s, to find out th 

Errors of other Men: But 'tis your Prerogative t< 

pardon them ; to look with Pleafure on thof 

things, which are fomewhat congenial, and of s 

remote Kindred to your own Conceptions ; An< 

to forgive the many Failings of thofe, who wiri 

their wretched Art, cannot anive to thofe Height 

that you poilefs, from a happy, abundant, anc 

native Genius. Which are as inborn to you, a 

they were to Shake/pear ; and for ought I know 

to Homer; in either of whom we find all Arts anc 

Sciences, all Moral and Natural Philofophy, with 

out knowing that they ever ftudy'd them. 

There is not an Englip Writer this Day living. 
who is not perfeSly convinc'd, that your Lord- 
ihtp excels all others, in all the feveral parts oj 
Poetry which you have undertaken to adorn. The 
moft Vain, and the mod Ambitious of our Age, 
have not darM to afTume fo much, as the Compe- 
titors of Themijlocles : They have yielded the firfl 
Place without difpute ; and have been arrogantly 
content to be efleem'd as Second to your Lord" 
ih]p; and even that alfo with ^Loirjiay fedproxi^ 
mt Irftervallo, If there have been, or are any, who 

ip farther in their Self-conceit, they muft be very 
ingular in their Opinion : They muft be like the 
Officer^ in a Pliy, who was calPd Captain, Licu- 
tcenant and Company. The World will cafily 
conclude, whether fuch unattended GencnUs can 

ever 



i the DEDICATION. tH 

ever be capable of making a Revolution in Par" 
5 uajfus. 
^' 1 will not attempt, in this place, to fay any thing; 

Kticolar of your Lyrick Poemsy tho* they are the 
light and Wonder of this Age, and will be the 
Envy of the next. The Subjeft of this Book: 
confines me to Satyr ; and in that, an Author of 
your own Quality, (whofe Afhes I will not di« 
fiorb,) has given yoo all the Conunendation, 
which his Sdf-fiifficiency cou'd afibrd to any 
Man : Tie befti$od Man^ witb the worft-naturd 
MiUi. In that CharaAer, methinfcs,. I am reading 
JatmJiM^s Verfcs to the Memory of Shah/pear : 1 
An Infblent, Sparing, and Invidious Panegyrick r ^ 
Where good Nature, the mod Godlike Commen- 
d^on of a Man, it only attributed to your Per-* 
fon, and deny'd ta your Writings : for they arc 
cvcry-where lo full of Candor, that, like Hwaeej 
yoa (mly ezpo(e the Follies or Meny. without ar- 
raigning their Vices; and in thfs excel him, thac 
yoa add that pointednefs of Thought^ which is vf- . 
fidy wanting in our great Roman, There is more 
of dale in all your Verfes, than I have leen in any 
of the Modems, or even of the Ancients : But 
yoa have been (paring of the (xall; by which 
means yoa have pleas'd all Readers, and offended 
BQiie. Donn alone, of all our Country-men, had 
yoor Talent ; but was not happy enough to ar- 
rive at your Verfificadon* And were he tranil^^ 
cd into Numbers, and Englifb^ he wou'd yet be 
wantine in the Dignity of Expreffion. That which 
ilthe Prime Virtue, and chief Ornament of f7r- 
ffl^ which diAin^ifhes him from the reft of Wri- 
aers, is fb confpicuous in your Verfes, that it cads 
Shadow on all your Contemporaries; we cannot 
btXecOy or bat obfcurely, wUle you %l\ i^t^^tox* 

A 4 \wt 



▼iii ni DE'DICJT'ION. 

You equal Donn in the Variety, Multiplicity, and 
Choice of Thoughts ; you excel him in the Man- 
ner, ^and the Words. I read you both, with the 
lame Admiration, but not with the fame De- 
light. He affeflsthe Metaphyficks, not only in his 
Satyrs, but in his amorous Verfes, where Nature 
only fliould reign; and perplexes the Minds of the 
fair Sex with nice Speculations of Philolbphy, 
when he fhou'd engage their Hearts, and entertain 
them with the Softnefs of Love. In this (\( I 
may be pardon'd for fo bold a Truth ) Mr. Cowley 
has copy'd him to a Fault ; fo great a one in my 
Opinion, that it throws hisMiftrefs infinitely below 
his Pindariqucs, and his latter Coinpofitions, which 
are undoubtedly the beft of his Poems, and the 
moft correft. For my own part, I muft avow it 
freely to the World, that I never attempted any 
thing in Satyr, wherein I have not ftudy'd your 
Writings as the moft perfeQ Model. I have con- 
tinually laid them before me; and the greateft 
Commendation, which my own Partiality can give 
to my ProduSions, is, that they are Copies, and 
no farther to be allow'd, than as they have fome- 
thing more or lefs of the OriginaL Some few 
Touches of your Lordftip, fome fecret Gracef 
which I have endeavoured to exprefs after your 
manner, have made whole Poems of mine to pafs 
with Approbation: But take your Verfes altoge- 
ther, and they are inimitable. If therefore I have not 
written better, *tis becaufe you have not ?vritten 
more. You have not fet me luiEcient Copy to tran- 
fcrtbe; and I cannot add one Letter of my own 
Invention, jof which I have not the Example there. 
'Tis a general Complaint againft your Lordfhip, 
and I muft have leave to upbraid you. with it^ 
|hat, becaufe you need not write, you will not. 

' Mankind 



n« D E D IC JTIO N. vtt 

• 

Mankind that wiihes you fo well, in all things 
that relate to your Profperity, have their Intervals of 
wifliing for themlelves, and are within a little of 
gradging you the Fulnefi of your Fortune : They 
wou\i be more malicious if you us'd it notfo well, 
and with fo much Generofity. 

Fame is in it felf a real Good, if we may be* 
licve Cicero^ who was perhaps too fond of it. 
Bat even Fame, as Firgil tells us, acquires ftrength 
by going forward. Liet Epicurus give Indolency 
as an Attribute to his Gods, and place in it the 
Happinefs of the Bleft: The Divinity which we 
worfiiip, has given us not only a Precept againft 
it, bat his own Example to the contrary. The* 
World, my Lord, wouM be content to allow you 
a Seventh Day for Reft ; or if you thought that- 
hard upon you, we wou'd not refufe you half 
your time: If you came out, like fome Great Mo- 
narch, to take a Town but once a Year, as it were 
for your Diverfion, tho' you had no need to ex- 

■ tend your Territories : In (hort, if you were a bad. 
or which is worfe, an indifferent Poet, we wou'd 
thank you for our own Quiet, and not expofe yoa 
to the want of yours. But when you are fo great 
and fb fiiccefsful, and when we have that neceffity 
of your Writing, that we cannot fubfift intirely 
witnout it; any more (I may almoft fay) thaii 
the World without the daily Courfe of ordinary 
Providence, methinks this Argument might pre- 
vail with you, my Lord, to forego a little of your 
Repole for the publick Benefit. *Tis not that you 
ire un^er any force of working daily Miracles, to 

f 'prove your Being ; but now and then fomewhat of 

-extraordinary, that is any thing of yourProdudUon, 

- kiequilUe to ix&elb your Charaaerv 



!f ne BED ICAtlON. 

This, I think, my Lord, is a fufBcient Reproach 
to you ; and ihou'd I carry it as far as Mankind 
wou*d authorise me, wou'd be little Icl^ than Sa- 

2r. And, indeed, a Provocation is almoft neccf- 
^ ry, in behalf of the World, that you rnight be 
induced Ibmetimes to write; and in relation to a 

• multitude ofScriblers, who daily pcfter the World 
wJth their infufterable (lufF, that they might be 
dilcouraged from Writing any more. I complain 
not of their Lampoons and Libels, tho* I have 

. been the publick Mark for many Years. I am viii- 
difiive enough to have repelled Force by Force, if 
1 cou'd imagine that any of them had ever reach'd 
jne ; but they either (hot at Rovers, and therefore 
mifled, or their Powder was fo weak, that I 
jcnight iafely (land them, at the neareft Diftance* 

. 1 anfwer'd not the Rehearfal^ becaufe I knew the 
Author fate to himfelf when he drew the PiSure, 
and was the very Bays of his own Farce. Becaufe 
alfo 1 knew, that my Betters were more concern- 
ed than I was in that Satyr : and, ladly, becaufe 
Mr. Smith and Mr. Johnfon^ the main Pijlars of 

. sL were two fuch languiftiine Gentlemen in their 
Converfation, that I cou*d lifeen them to nothing 
but to their own Relations, thofe KobleCharaders 
of Men of Wit and Pleafurc abotit the Town. 
The like Confiderations have hinder'd me from 
dealing with the lamentable Companions of their 
Profe and Do^grel, I am fo far from defending 
jny Poetry agamil them, that I will not fo much 
ai expofe theirs. And for my Morals, if they are 
not Proof againft their Attacks, let me be thought 
bv Pofterity, what thofe Authors Wou'd be thought^ 
if any Memory of theto, or of their Writings^ 
couM endure lo lone, as to another Age. Hat 

ibeft dull .Maken of LampoonS) as barmlefs as 



fie DEDICATION. xi 

fSxef have been to me, are yet of dangerous Ex- 
ample to the Publick :. Some witty Men may per» 
haps fucceed to their Defigns, and mixing Senfc 
with Malice, Waft the Reputation of the moft li}* 
Doccnt amongft Men, and the moft Virtuous a- 
mongft Women. 

Heaven be prais'd, our common Libellers are 
as free from the imputation of Wit, as of Mora- 
lity; and therefore whatever Mifchief they have 
dcfign*d, they have performed but little of it. Yet . 
thefe ill Writers, in all Juftice, ought themfelves 
to be exposM : As Perfius has given us a fair Ex- 
ample in his Firft Satyr; which is levellM particu- 
larly at them : And none is fo fit to correft thefr 
Faults, as he who is not only clear from any ia 
his own Writings, but is alfo fo juft, that he will 
never defwie tne Good;: and is armed with the 
Power of Verfe, to punilh and make Examples of 
the Eisyi. But of this I (hall have occafion to fpeak 
fiirther, when I come to give the Definition and 
Cbarader of true Satyrs. 

In the mean time, as a Counfellor bred up in 
the Knowledge of the Municipal and Statute- 
Laws, may honeftly inform a Juft Prince how 
tu his Prerogative extends ; fo I may be allowed 
to tell your l^rd(hip, who by an undifputed Title, 
are the King of Poets, what an extent of Power 
you have, and how lawfully you may excrcife it, 
over the petulant Scriblcrs of this Age. As Lord 
Chamberlain, I know, you are abfolute by your 
Office, in all that belongs to the Decency and 
Good Manners of the Staee. You can baniih from 
thence Scurrility and Proranenefs, and reftrain the 
. lipeociQUS Infolcnce of Poets and their Adors in 
..ilU things that fliock the publick Quiet ; or the Re* 
- potiuioa of Private Pcrfons,. under the Notion of 
4, Hnmoni^^ 



xii ne DEDICJ^IOif. 

Humour. But I mean not the Authority, which 
IS . annex'd to your Office : I fpeak of that only 
which is inborn and inherent tb your Perfon. What 
is produced in you by an excellent Wit, a Mafterly 
and Commanding Genius overall Writers : Where- 
by you are impower'd, when you pleafe, to give 
the final Decifion of Wit ; to put your Stamp on 
all that ought to pals for current ; and fet a Brand of 
Reprobation on dipt Poetry, and falfe Coin. A 
Shilling dipt in the Bath may go for Gold amongft 
the Ignorant, but the Scepters on the Guineas fhew 
the Difference. That your Lordfhip is form'd by 
Nature for this Supremacy, I could eafily prove, 
C were it not already granted by the World j from 
the diftinguifhingCl^raaer of your Writing. Which 
is fo vifible to me, that I never cou'd be impos'd 
on ta receive for yours, what was written by any 
others; or to miftake your Genuine Poetry, for 
their Spurious Produdions. I can farther add 
with Truth ( tho' not without fome Vanity la 
laying it ) that in the fame Paper, written by divers 
Hands, whereof your Lordihip's was only part, I 
cou'd feparate your Gold from their Copper : And 
tho* I could not give back to every Author his 
own Brafs, ^for there is not the &me Rule for 
diflinguiihing betwixt bad and bad, as betwixt ill 
and excellently good j yet I never faiPd of know- 
ing what was yours, and what was not : And 
was abfolutely certain, that this, or the other Part, 
was pofitively yours,- and cou*d not poffibly be 
written. by any other. 

True it is, that fome bad Poems, tho' not all, 
carry their Owners Marks about 'em. There is 
fome peculiar Aulcwardnefs, felfe Grammar, ioa- 

Erfcft Senfe, or at the leaft Obfcurity ; fome 
:a^4 or other on this fiuttock, or that Bur^ that 



S%e DEDl CAT ION. xiii 

: notorious who arc the Owners of the Cattle, 
>' they fhou'd not fign it with their Names. But 
ir Lordfhip, on the contrary, is didinguilb'd, 
t onlj by the Excellency of your Thoughts, 
: by your Style and Manner of expreffing them. 
Painter judging of ibme admirable Piece, may 
im with certamty , that it was of Holbtn^ or 
nJike : But Vulgar Defigns, and Common 
aaghts, are eafily nufiaken, and mi£ipply'dv 
iQs, by my long Study of your Lordfhip, I am 
iv'd at the Knowledge of your particular Man- 
% In theGood Poems of other Men, like thofe 
tiAs, I can only fay, this is like the Draught of 
:h a one, or like the Colouring of another. In< 
Nt, I can only be fiire, that ^is the Hand of a 
od Matter: But in your Performances, 'tis 
icely poflible for me ta be dcceiv'd. If you 
ite in your Strength, i you ftand reveardatthe 

I view; and (hotfd you write under it^ you can- 
t avoid fome peculiar Graces, which only coft 
) a fecond Confideration to difcoveryou: For 
nay Ciy it, with all the Severity of Truth, that 
ay Line of yours is precious. Your L#ordfliip*a 
ly Fault is, that yoa have not written more; 
Ids I cou'd add another, a^ that yet greater, 

I I fear for the Publick, the Acculation wou'd 
t be true, that you have written, and out of vi- 
OS Modelly will not publifh. 

VirgU has confinM his Works within the Com- 
i of Eighteen Thoufind Lines, and has not 
ated many Subjefis ; yet he ever had, and ev^r 
U have, the Reputation of the bed Poet. Mar- 
iOm of him, that he could have excelled /^^/* 
m Tragedy, and Horace in Lyrick Poetry, but 
t^ Deference to bis FrieQd$> he attempted 
iAcr. 

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Xiv ^e DEDICATION. 

The lame prevalence of Genius is in YourLord-^ 
ihip, but the World cannot pardon your conceal 
in^ Tt on the fame ConHderation ;. becaufe we have 
neither a living t^arius^ nor a Horace^ in whofe 
Excellencies both of PoemSy Odes^ and Satyrs^ 
you had equall'd them, if our Language had not 
yielded to the Roman Majcfty, and length of Time 
nad not added a Reverence to the Works of Ho* * 
) rac<. For good Senfe is the fame in aU or moft 
t^ Ages ; and courfe of Time rather improves Na- 
/ ture, than impairs her. What has been, may be 
again : Another Homer ^ and another F/Vp^/V, may 
poffibly arife from thofe very Caufes which pro- 
duc*d the fir ft: Tho' it wou'd be Impudence to 
a£Brm that any fucb have appear*d« 

'Tis manifefty that fome particular Ages have 
been moro happy than others in the ProduSion of 
Great Men, in all Ibrts of Arts and Sciences : 
As that of Eurifides^ Sophocles^ Ar'mofhanes^ and 
the reft for Stage- Poetry amongdt the Greeks: 
That of Augnflus for. Heroick, Lyrick, Drama- 
tick, Elegiaque, and indeed all forts of Poetry; 
in the Perfons of Virgil^ Horace^ Varius^ Ovid^ 
and many others; efpecially if we take into that 
Century the latter end of the Common- wealth ;; 
wherein we find f^arro^ Lucretius^ and Catullus : 
And at the lame time UvM Cicero^ and Salujl^ and 
Ctefar. A famous Age in modern Times, for 
Learning in every kind, was that of Lorenzo de 
Medici^ and his Son Leo X. wherein Painting was 
yeviv'd and Poetry flouriftfd,. and the Greek Lan- 
^a^e was refipr'd. 

Examples fn all thefe are obvious : But what I 
wpu'd inferr is this j That in fuch an Age, 'tif 
}>offibIe rpme Great Genius may arife, to equal 
any ctf th« Ancients; abating only for the Laiv* 

guage. 



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ne DEDICATION. xf 

pwge. For great Contemporaries whet and col- 
tivate each other : And mutual Borrowing, and 
Commerce, makes the common Riches of Learn- 
iilg, as it does of the Civil Government. 

out fuppofe that Homer and f^irgil were the on- 
ly of their Spedes, and that Nature was fo much 
worn out in producing them, that fhe is never able 
to bear the like again ; yet the Example only holds 
in Heroick Poetry : In Tragedy and Satyr I offer 
my felf to mafntaia againft fome of our modern 
Criticks, that this Age and the laft, particularly in 
Englandy have exceird the Ancients in both tho(e 
Kinds ; and I wouM inftance in Shakeffear of the 
foraier, of your Lordfhip in the latter fort. 

ThHS I might fafely confine my felf to my Na- 
tive Country : But if I would only crofs the Seas, 
I mieht find in France a living Horace and a y»- 
venat^ in the Perfon of the admirable BoiUau^ 
wfaofe Nun^rs are Excellent, whofe Exprei&ons 
arc Noble^ whoffi Thoughts are Juft, whofe Lan- 
jc is Pure,, whofe Satyr is Pointed, and whofe 
t is Clofe : What he borrows from the An- 
cients, he repays with Ufury of his own ; in Coin 
as ^ood, and almoft as univer&lly valuable : For 
ictti^^ Prejudice and Partiality apart ; tho' he is 
cor &ieraj, the Stamp of a Louisy the Patron of 
all Arts, is not much inferior to the Medal of an 
Auguftus Cafar. Let this be iaid without entring 
into the Interefts of Fadfons and Parties ; and re- 
lating only to the Bounty of that King to Men of 
Learning and Merit : A Praife lb juft, that even 
we who are his Enemies, cannot rdfufe it to 
him. 
Now if it may be permitted me to go back a« 

eln to the Confideration of Epique Poetry, I 
vc coin^*d^ that no Man hithccto ^os^ i^cWd^ 




XVI ne DBDl CAT ION. 

or fo much as approach*d to the Excellencies of 
Homer or of Firgil ; I muft farther add, that Sta- 
I tius^ the beft Verfificator next F/r^f/V, knew not 
' ^ how to Defign after him, tho' he ha(f. the Model 
in his Eye; that Lucan is'wanting both in Defign 
and Subjed, and is befides too nill of Heat and 
AfTeSation; that among the^Moderns, jlrtoftontx- 
tiier defign'd Juftly, nor obferv'd any Unity of 
ASion, or Compafs of Time, or Moderation in 
theVallnefs of his Draught: His Style is luxurious, 
without Majefty, or Decency, and his Adventu- 
rers without the Compafs of Nature and Poffi- 
bility : 7i^, whofe Defign was Regular, and who 
obferv'd the Rules of Unity in Time and Place, 
more clofely than ^'VriV, yet was not fo happy in 
his ASion ; he confeUes himfelf to hav^ been too 
Lyrical, that is, to have written beneath the Dig- 
nity of Heroick Verfe, in his Efifodes of Sophro- 
niay Erminia^ and Armida\ his Story is not fo 
pleafing as /1rioflo\; he is too flatulent fbmetimes, 
and fometimes too dry ; many times unequal, and 
almofl always forcM;/ ind befides, h full of Con- 
ceptions, Points of Epigram and Witticifms ; all 
which are not only below the Dignity of Heroick 
Verfe, but contrary to its Nature : l^irgU and Ho- 
mer have not one of them. And thoTe who are 
guilty of fo Boyifh an Ambition in fo grave a Sub- 
teSt, are fo far from being confider'd as Heroick 
Poets, that they ought to be turn'd down from Ho^ 
mer to the Antbologia^ from Vtrpl to Martial 2Lr\i- 
Oti>etfs Epigrams, and from Spencer to Flecno; 
that is, from the top to the bottom of all Poetry. 
But to return to Tajfo^ he borrows from the Inven- 
tion of Boy arJoy and in his Alteration of his Poem, . 
Tirhich is infinitely the worfe, imitates ffonier fo vc- 
lyfervilely, that (for exaoEiplejliegjhres the Kfnjg of 



rheDEDICjfriON. xvi» 

ufalem fifty Sons, only becaufc Homer had be- 
ved the like Number on King Priam ; he killf 
youngeft in the fame manner, and has provided 
Hero with a Patroclus^ under another Name, 
y to bring him back ta the Wars, when his 
end was kill'd. The French have performed no- 
3g in this kind, which is not as below thofe twa 
Itans^ and fiibjefl- to a thoufand more RefleSi- 
s, without examining their St. Lewis^ their Ph* ^ 
fe, or their Alarique : The Englsjh have only to 
aft of Spencer and Milton^ who neither of them^ 
mted either Genius or iJearning, to have beea 
rfe& Poets ; and yet both of them are liable to 
my Cenfures. For there is no Uniformity ia 
c Defign of Spencer : He aims tt the Accom- 
ifbment of no one ASiot;! : He raifes up a Hera 
T every one of his Adventures ; and endows each 
: them with fome particular Moral Virtue, which 
nders them all equal, without Subordination or 
reference. Every one is mod Valiant in his owtr 
i^end ; only we muft do him that Jullice to ob- 
3Ye, that Magnanimity, which is the Charader 
f Prince Arthur j fhines throughout the whole 
ocm ; and fuccours the reft, when they a^e'in Di- 
tcfi. The Original of every Knieht was then Ji- 
ing in the Court of Queen Elizuweth ; and he at* 
itated to each of them that Virtue which he 
lought moft confpicuous in them r Au ingenious 
icce of Flattery, tho* it tum'd not much to his 
Lccount. Had he liv'd to finifli his Poem, in the 
X remaining Legends, it had certainly been more 
f a Piece ; but cou*d not have been perfefit, be- 
tofe the Model was not true. But Prince Arthur^ 
ir his chief Patron Sir Philip Sidney^ whom he 
iCended to make happy by the Marriage of liis 
ihriana^ dying before him, deprivM the roct^ both 



xviii ne DED I Cjit ION. 

of Means and Spirit, to accomplifh his Delign : 
For the red, his obfolete Language, and the ill 
Choice of his Stanza, are Faults but of the Second 
Magnitude: For notwithftanding the firft he is (lil) 
inteUieible, at lead after a little Pra£tice ; and for 
the lait, be is the more to be admir'd ; that labour* 
ing under fuch a DifEculty, his Verfes are fo nu* 
xnerous, fo various, and fo harmonious, that only 
yirgUf whom he profcffedly imitated, has furpafs'a 
him, among the Romans \ and only Mr. iValUr 
among the EngUJh. 

As for Mx.mihow^ whom we all admire with fo 
much Judice, his Subjed is not that of an Heroidc 
Poem, properly fo call'd. His Defign is the lofing 
of our Happinefs ; his Event is not profperoQS|. 
like that of all other Efs(j[ue Works : His Hea* 
venly Machines are manv, and his Human Perfon^ < 
tre but two. But I will not take Mr. Rbywev't 
Work out of his Hands : He has promis'd the 
World a Critique on that Author ; wherein, tho'' 
he will not allow his Poem for Heroick, I hope 
he will erant us, that his Thoughts are elevated, 
his Woras founding, and that no Man has fo hap* 
pily copyM the Marnier of Homer ; or fo copiouC- 
l^.tranflated his Grecifms^ and the Latin £legan« 
cies of Virgil. *Tis true, he runs into a flat 
Thought, lometimes for a hundred Lines together, 
iHit 'tis when he is got into a Track of Scripture : 
His antk]uated Words were his Choice, not his 
Ncccffity ; for therein he imitated ^$^^»^^r, as SpcH*. 
cer did Chaucer. And tho', perhaps, the love of 
their Maders, may have traniported both too far, 
in the frequent ufe of them ; yet in my Opinion,, 
obfolete Words may then be laudably reviv'd, when 
either they^ are more founding, or more iknificant 
tbau thoie in Pra£tice: And when their Obfcurity 

i^ 



neDEDICjtriON. xix 

:aken away, by joining other Words to them^ 
ich clear the oenfe ; according to the Rule of 
race^ for the Admiffion of new Words. But la 
:h Cafes, a Moderation is to be obfervM in the 
\ of them. For unnccefTary Coinage, as well as 
ncccflary Revival, runs into AffcSation; a Fault 
be avoided on either hand. ^ Neither will I ju- 
fy Milton for his blank Verfe, tho* I may excufe 
II, by the Example of Hanakal CarOj and other 
titans who have us*d Jt : For whatever Caufes 
al ledges for the abolifhmg of Rhime (which I 
?c not now the Lcifure to exannne) his own 
rticQlar Reafbn is plainly this, that Rhime was 
It hi& Talent ; he had neither the Eafe of doing 
nor the Graces of it ; which is manifeft in his 
Wimilia, or Vcrfcs written in his Youth ; where 
I Rhime is always conftrainM and forc'd, and 
mes hardly from him at an Aee when the Soul 
nod pliant; and the PafQon of Love makes al-^ 
>ft every Man a Rbimer, tho* not a Poet. 
By this time, my Lord, I doubt not but that yon 
mder, why 1 have run off from my Biafs folong. 
^cther, and made fo tedious a Digreffion from 
yrto Heroick Poetry. But if you will not ex- 
i it, by the tatling Quality of Age, which, as 
fFiU'tam Davenant fays. Is always Narrative ; 
I hope the Ufefulnefs of what I [have to fav on 
\ SubjeS, will qualify the Rcmotenefs or it ; 
I this is the laft time 1 will commit the Crime 
Prefaces, or trouble the World with my No* 
IS of any thing that relates to Verfe. I have 
II, at you fee, obferv'd the Failings of many 
It Wits amongft the Moderns, who have at- 

Ecd to write an Eptque Poem : Befides thefe, 
\ like Animadvernons of them by other Men, 
lie is yet a farther Rea(bn given, vrh^ ticvt^ caar 



XX Tht DEDICATION. 

not poffibly fucceed, fo well as the Ancicnti, cvef 
tho' we cou*d allow them not to be inferiour, et* .] 
thcr in Genius or Learning, or the Tongue is 
which they write ; or all thofe other wondcrMi 
Qualifications which are neceflary to the formii 
ef a true accompliih'd Heroick Poet. The Fault 
is laid on our Religion : They fay that Chriftianity 
is not capable of thofe Embelliihrnents which art 
afforded in the Belief of thofe Ancient Heathens. 
And 'tis true, that in the fevere Notions of our 
Faith, the Fortitude of a Chriftian confifts in Pa- 
Cience and Sufiering for the Love of G O D, what- 
ercr Hardfhips can befal in the World ; not in any 
great Attempts, or in performance of thofe Enter- 
prifes which the Poets call Heroique; and which 
arc commonly the EffeSs of Intercft, Oftentation, 
Pride, and Worldly Honour. That Humility and 
&efignation are our prime Virtues ; and that thefe 
include no A£lion, but that of the Soul : Whea 
89, on the contrary, anHeroique Poem requires, to 
its necefOiry Deiign, and as its laft PerfeSion, fome 
great Aflionof War, the Accomplifliment of fome 
extraordinary Undertaking ; which requires the 
Strength and Vigour of the Body, the Duty of a 
Soldier, the Capacity and Prudence of a General ; 
and, in fliort, as much, or more of the ASive Vir- 
tue, than the Suffering. But to thisy the Anfwer 
is very obvious. GOD has plac'd us in our fevc* 
ral Stations ; the Virtues of a private Chriftian arc 
Patience, Obedience, Submillion, and the like ; but 
thofe of a Magiftrate, or General, or a Kine, arc 
Prudence, Counfel, aftive Fortitude, coercive row- 
er, awful Command, and the Exercife of Mag- 
nanimity, as well as Juftice. So that this ObjeSi- 
bn hinders not, but that an Epique Poem, or the 
Heioique Adlion of fome Great Conunander, en- 



ne DEDI CJT ION. xxl 

terpriz'd for the Common Good, and Honour of 
^ Chriltian Caafe, and executed happily, mar be 
u well written now, as it was of old by the Hea-^ 
Aews ; provided the Poet be eftJu^d with the fame 
Talents ; and the Language, tho' not of equal 
Dignity, yet as near approaching to it, as our Mo- 
dem BarfaNirifm will allow, which is all that can be 
apcfied from our own or any other now extant, 
tho' more refin'd ; and therefore we are to reft 
contented with that only Inferiority, which is not 
poffibly to be remedy M. 
I wifh I cou*d as eafily remove that otRer Dif- 
1 ficalty which yet remains. *Tis objeScd by a 
peat French Critique as well as an admirable Poet, 

tet living, and whom I have mentioned with that 
Ion©ur which his Merit exaQs from me, I mean 
Boikau^ That the Machines of our Chriftian Re» 
ligion in Heroique Poetry, are much more feeble 
to fapport that Weight than thofe of Heathenifm, 
Their Doftrine, grounded as it was on ridiculous 
Fables, was yet the Belief of the two Vidorious 
Monarchies, thtGrectan zxii. Roman. Their Gods 
did not only intercft themfclvei in the Event of 
Wars fwhich is the Eftefl of a Superiour Provi- 
dcncej but alfo efpous'd the feveral Parties, in a 
vifible Corporeal Defcent, managed their Intreigues, 
and fought their Battels fometimes in oppomion 
to each other : Tho' Firgil fmore difcreet than /&- 
mtr in that laft Particular) has contented himfelf 
with the Partiality of his Deities, their Favours, 
tiieirCounfelsorCommands, to thofe whofe Caufe 
they had elpous'd, without bringing them to the 
Outragioufnefs of Blows. Now, our Religion 
/lay$ he) is deprived of the greatcft part of thofe 
Machines; at leaft the molt (hining in Epique 
IPoetry. Tho' St, MUhacl in /Iriojto fcd^Ls o\iX 

D't[cord«^ 



xxii theDEDICATIi 

Difcordj to fend her among the Pagans^ 

her in a Convent of Friars where Pes 

Reign, which indeed is fine Satyr ; an 

Taffo^ excites Solyman to an Attempt bj 

the Chriftian Camp, and brings an Hod 

to his Affiftancc; yet the Arch- Angel, 

mer Example, when Z^/yfcr^ was reflive, 

not be drawn from her belovM Mona 

feir Words, has the whip-hand of her, 

out with many Stripes, lets her, on G< 

aboat her Bufinefs ; and makes her kno 

ference of Strength betwixt a Nuncio c 

and a Minifter of Hell : The fame Am 

latter Inftance from Ti/i {'as if God \ 

another Meflenger belonging to the C 

was confined like Jupiter to Mercury^ 

to /r/j,) when he fees his time, that is, 

of the Ciri/iians are already kill'd, and i 

are in a fair Way of being pouted, flickl 

the Remainders of God^s Hoft, and th 

Fiends ; pulls the Devils backwards by 

and drives them from their Quarry; or 

the whole Bufinefs had mifcarryM, and 

remained untaken. This, fays BoileaUy 

unequal Match for the poor Devils, whi 

to come by the worft of it in the Comba 

thing is more eafy, than for an Almigh 

to bring his old Rebels to Reafon, when 

Confcquently, what Pleafure, whatEntc 

can be raisM from fo pitiful a Machine, 

fee the Succefi of the Battle from the v 

ning of it ; unlefs that, as we are Chrlj 

are glad that we have gotten God on ou 

maul our Enemies, when we cannot do 

our fclvcs ? For if^ the Poet had |;ivcn th 

iQore Couxage^ which had cofi hun noth 



tDEBICAtlOlt. xm. 

m^e him exceed the Vurh in Number^ 
ight havegainM the Viftory for us Ghrifti- 
lOut interefting Heaven in the Quarrel ; 
with as much eafe^ and as little Credit 
3nqueror, as when a Party of loo Sol- 
Ats another which confifts only of yo. 
ny Lord, I confefs, is fuclvan Argument 
r Modern Poetry, as cannot be anfwem. 
e Mediums which have been us'd. We. 
therto boaft, that our Religion has fur- 
with any fuch Machines, as have made 
gth and Beauty of the Ancient Build* 

lat if I venture to advance an Invention 
'n, to fupply the manifefi DefeS of our 
iters : I am fufficiently (enfible of my 
5 ; and 'tis not very probable that I (hou*d 
I fuch a ProjcQ, whereof I have not had 
hint from any of my Predeceflbrs, the 
: any of their Seconds, and Coadjutors, 
ues. Yet we fee the Art of War is im- 

Sieges, and new Inflruments of Death 
ed daily : Something new in Philofophy 
Mechanicks is difcover'd almoft every 
kUd the Science of former Ases is im- 

the fucceeding. I will not detain voa 
ig Preamble to that, which better Juages 
laps, conclude to be little worth, 
s, in fhort, That CRriflian Poets have not 
)een acquainted with their own Strength. 
I fearch'd the Old Teftamentastheyought^ 
t there have found the Machines which 
: for their Work ; and thofe more certain 
fe£t, than it may be the New Teftament 
Rules fufficient for Salvation. The perur 
le Cbaptg: in the Prophecy of Donic^ voji 



i 
J 



Xxiv ne DEDTCjriON. 

•Ccommodating what there they find, with tb 
Principles of Fhaoniqu^ Philofophy, as it is no^ 
Chriftiani2*d, wouM have the Miniftry of AngelJ 
:as firong an Engine, for the workine up Heroique 
Poetry, in our Religion, as that of the Ancients 
has been to raife theirs by all the Fables of their 
Gods, which were only received for Truths by the 
inoft ignorant and weakeft of the People. 

•Tis a Dodrine almoft univerfally received by 
Chriftians, as well Proteftants as Catholicks, That 
^diere are Guardian Aneels appointed by God Almigh- 
ty,as hisVicegercnts,'tortheProteflionand Govern- 
inent of Cities, Provinces, Kinedoms, and Monar- 
•chies ; and thofe as well of Heathens, as of true 
Believers. All this is fo plainly prov'd from thofc 
Texts of Daniel^ that it admits of no farther Con- 
troverfie. The Prince of the Perfians^ and that 
other of the Grecians^ are granted to be the Guar- 
dians and Protcdling Minifters of thofe Empires. 
It cannot be denyM, that they were oppofite* and 
rcfifted one another. St. Michael is mention d by 
bis Name, as the Patron of the J^'^h and is now 
taken by the Ghriftians, as the rroteSor General 
of our Religion. Thefe Tutelar Geniij who pre 
fided over the feveral People and Regions com' 
naitted to their Charge, were watchful over then 
for good, as far as their Commiffions cou'd pof 
fibly extend. The general Purpofe, and Defigt 
of all, was certainly the Service of their Grea 
CREATOR. But 'tis an undoubted Truth, tha 
for Ends bed known to the Almighty Majefty o 
Heaven, his Providential Defigns for the Benefit o 
his Creatures, for the Debafing and Puni(hing c 
fome Nations, and the Exaltation and Tempore 
Reward of others, were not wholly known t 
Ibele his Miuifters \ eUe why thofe ft&ious Quai 



^Tbe DEDICATION. xxv 

5, Controverfies, and Battels, amongft them- 
ves, when they were all united in the fame 
;(ign, the Service and Honour of their Common 
a&r } But being inftruded only in the general, 
i zealous of the main Defign; and as Finite 
ings, not admitted into the Secrets of Govern- 
int, the laft Reforts of Providence, or capable 
dilcovering the final Purpofes of G O D, who 
1 work Good out of Evil,, as he pleafes; and 
!fi(lably fways all manner of Events on Earth, 
eding them finally for the bed, to his Creation 
general, and to the ultimate end of his own Glory 
particular : Theymuft ofneceffity.be fometimes 
orant of the Means conducing to thofe Ends^ 
ivhich alone they can jar and oppofe each other, 
le Angel, as we may fuppofe the Prince oiPerJia^ 
he is caird, judging, that it would be more for 
kI's Honour and the Benefit of his People, that 
I Median and Perfian Monarchy, which delivef d 
;m from the Babylonilh Captivity, ihou'd dill be 
permoft: And the Patron of the Grec'tam^ to 
torn the Will of God might J>e more particularly 
'cal'd, contending on the other fide, for the 
(e of Alexander and his Succeffors, who were 
pointed to punifh the ^ckfliding ^ews^ and 
xebyto put them in mind of their Offences, that 
7 might repent, and become more Virtuous, and 
)re oblervant of the Law reveal'd. But how far 
rle Controverfies and appearing Enmities of thole 
irious Creatures may be carry'd ; how thefe Op* 
fitions may bed bemana^M, and by what Meaps 
dda&ed, is not my Bulinels to fhew or deteiS 
lie : Thefe things mud be left to the Inventioa 
d Jadgment of the Poet : If any of fo happy a 
ndas be now living, or any future Age can fvo- 
cc a Man who bdng conrerfii&c in the rhilQCo^l 

a Q& 



\ 



3tevi Tthe DEDICATION: 

of Flato^ as it is now accommodated to Chrift 
Ufe ; for ^a$ Virgil gives us to underftand by his ] 
ample) he is the only proper Perfon, of all others 
an Epique Poem, who to his Natural Endowmei 
of a large Invention, a ripe Judgment, and a (Ire 
Memory, has joia'd the Knowledge of the Litx 
Arts and Sciences, and particularly Moral Phi 
ibphy, the Mathematicks, Geography and Hide 
and with all thefe Qualifications is born a Po 
knows, and can praaife the variety of Numbi 
and is Matter of the Language in which he writ 
if fuch a Man, I fay, be now arifen, or ft 
ari(e, I am vain enough to think, that I have p 

fos'd a Model to him, by which he may builc 
>Tobler, a more Beautiful, and more PerfefiJ'oc 
than any yet extant fince the Ancients. 

There is another part of thefe Machines \ 
wanting; but by what I have &id, it wou'd hi 
been eafily fupply'd by a Judicious Writer. 
oouM not have failM to add the oppoiition of 
Spirits to the good; they have alfo their Defij 
ever oppofite to th^^ of Heaven; and this ale 
has hitherto been the pradice of the Modems : I 
this imperfed Syftem, if I mav call it fuch, wh 
I have given, will infinitely advance and carry f 
i\\eT that Hypothecs of the Evil Spirits contend] 
with the Good. For beine fo much weaker fit 
their Fall, than thofe Bleued 'Beings, they are ; 
fupposM to have a permitted Power of God, 
aSing ill, as from their own depravM Nature th 
have always the Will of defigning it, A gr 
Teftimony of which we find in Holy Writ, wh 
God Almighty fufferM Satam to appear in theH< 
Synod of me Angels, (a thing not hitherto djcai 
into Example by any of the Poets,) and alfo gs 
him Power over all things belonging to his S 
wmtjQb, ezceptiDg ooJy Life. Nc 



JV 



rheDEDICAflON. xxvii 

Now what thcfc Wicked Spirits cannot com- 
pafi, by the Vaft difproportion of their Forces, to 
ihofe of the Superior Beings, they may by their 
Fraud and Cunning carry nirther, in a feeming 
League, Confederacy, or Subferviency to the De- 
linis of fomeeood Angel, as far as confifts with 
his Purity, to lufferfuch an Aid, the end of which 
VDKf ponibly be difguisM, and concealM from his 
finite Knowledge. This is indeed to fhppofe ^ 
grett Errour infucha Be'ng: Yet (incea Devil 
cm appear like an Angel of Light ; (ince Craft 
and Mdioe may fbmetimes blind for a while a 
more pc^ed Underftanding; and laflly, fince 
Mibom has given us an Example of the like Na- 
ture, wheQ ^atan appearing like a Cherub to Uriely 
the Intelligence of the Sun, circumvented him even 
in his own Province, and pafs'd only for a Curious 
Traveller through thofe new-created Regions, that 
he might oblerve therein theWorkmanfhip of God, 
and praile him in his Works. 

I know not why, upon the lame Suppofition, 
er fbme other, a Fiend may not deceive a Crea- 
ture of more Excellency than himfelf, but yet a 
Cteature ; at lead by the connivance, or tacit per- 
miflion ot the Omnifcient Being. 

Thus, Biy Lord, I have, as briefly as I cou'd, 

gVenyourLordfliip, and by you the world, a rude 
iraa^ of what 1 have been long labouring in my 
Imagination. And what I had intended to have 
pat m pradice, (tho' far unable for the Attempt 
of fhch a Poem) and to have left the Stage, to 
which my Genius never much inclin'd me, for a 
Work which wou'd have taken up my Life in the 
performance of it. This too, I had intended chiefly 
for the Honour of my Native Country, to which 
a Poet is particularly oblig'd: Of two SubjeSs, 

a 2 ViiC^ 



?xviir the DEDICA TIO I\ 

both relating to it, I was donbtful, whether ] 
chnfe that of King Arthur conquering the . 
•which being fartherdiftam in Time, gives the 
Scope to my Invention : Or that of Edv, 
Black Prince in fubduing Spam^ and redori 
•the Lawful Prince, tho* a great Tyrant, Do. 
the Cruel : Which for the compafs of Tii 
duding only the Expedition of one Year ; 
<Sreatnefsofihe ASion, and itsanfwerable 
for the Magnanimity of the E$fglip Hero, 
to the Ingratitude of the Pcrfon whom he r 
and for the many beautiful Epifodes, whicj 
inta^wovcn with the principal Dcfign, t 
with the Charafiers of the chiefeft EngHJb F 
•wherein, after Firgil and Spencer^ I wou' 
^ken occafion to rcptefent my living Frier 
Patrons of the nobleft Families, and alfo fh 
the Events cff future Ages, in the Suceffion 
Imperial Line. With thefe Helps, and thof 
Machines, which I have mention'd; I mig 
hapi have done as well fome of my Prede 
or at lead chalk'd out a way, for othtrs to 
my Errors in a like Defign. But being enc 
only with fair Words by King Charles 
little Salary ill paid, and no profped of a 
Subtiflatice^ I was then difcourag'd in the 
ulng oftny Attempt; and now Age has ov 
ine;'iuid Want, a nftore infutfer^ble Evil, i 
the Change of the Times, has wholly di; 
me. Tho' I muft ever acknowledge, to i 
nour (rf your Lordihip, and the eternal Mei 
your Charily, that fince this Revolution, " 
I have patiently' fufFer*d' the Ruin of my fin 
ttine^ and the lofs of that poor Subfiftance 
I had from Two Kings, whom I had fcrv' 



fbe DEDICATION. xxix 

feithfiilly than profitably to my fclf; then your 
Lordfliip was pleas'd, out of no other Motive but 
your own Noblencfs, without any Defert of mine, 
or the lead SoHicitation from me, to make mc a 
moft Bountiful Prefcnt, which at that time, when 
1 was mod in want of it, came moil fca(c)nably 
and unexpeQedly to my Relief. That Favour, 
my Lord, is of it felf fufficient to bind any Grateful 
Man, to a perpetual Acknowledgment, and to all 
the future Service, which one of my mean Con- 
dition can be ever able to perform. May the Air 
mighty God return it for me, both in Blefling you 
here, and Rewarding you hereafter. I muli not 

g^ume to defend the Caufc for which I now fiif- 
, becaufe your Lordihip is engagM againit it: 
Bhc the more you ar« fo, the greater i< my Ob- 

§ Ration to you : For your laying adde all the . 
onfiderations of FaSions and Parties, to do an 
Adion of pure difinterefs'd Charity. This is one 
amongft many of your (hining Qualities, which 
tKfKngiH(feh you firono others of your Rank : But let 
raeadd a ferthcr Truth, That without thefe Tics 
of Gratitude, and abdrading from them all, I have a 
moft particular Inclination to -Honour you; and, if 
itwere not too bold an ExpreiHon, to fay, I Love 
you. • Fis no ftiame to be a Poet, tho' 'tis to be 
a bad one. Augujius Cafar of old, and Cardinal 
RicbUeu of late, wou'd willingly have been fuch ; 
and David and Solomon were fuch. You, who 
without Flattery, ar« the beft of the prcfcnt Age 
in England^ and wou'd have been lb, had you 
been born in any other Country, will receive more 
Honour in future Age*?, by that one Excellency, 
than by all thofe Honours to which your Birth has 
mtiti'd you, or your Merits have acquir'd you. 

a 3 Ne^ 



XXX TUJDEDICjtriON. 

JVif , forte J fudoTij 
Sit Dbi Mttfa Lyra filers^ ^ Cantor Apollo. 

I have formerly faid in this Epifile, thafr I cou*<I 
diftinguilh your Writings fromthofe of any others : 
'Tis now time to clear my felf from any- imputa- 
tion of Self-conceit on that SubjeS. I affume nor 
to my felf any particular Lights in this Difcovery; 
they are fuch only as are obvious to every Man of 
Senfe and Judgment, who loves Poetry, and un- 
derftands it. Your Thoughts are always fo remote 
from the conunon way of Thinking, that they are, 
as I may lay, of another Species, than the Concep- 
tions of other Poets ; yet you go not out of Na- 
ture for any of them : Gold is never bred upon the 
Surface of the Ground ; but lies fo hidden, and £> 
deep^ that the Mines of it are feldom found ; but 
the force of Waters cads it out from the Bowels 
of Mountains, and expofes it amongft the Sands 
of Rivers^ giving us of her Bounty, what we coa^d 
not hope for by our fearch. This Succefi attends 
your LordOiip's Thoughts, which wou'd look like 
Chance, if it were not perpetual, and always of 
the fame tenour. If I grant that there is Care in 
it, *tis fuch a Care as wou'd be ineffeSual and 
fruitlefi in other Men 'Tis the Cnriofa fclicitss 
which Petromus afcribes to Horace^ in bis Odes. 
We have not wherewithal to im^ine fo flrongly, 
fojuftly, and fo plea(kntly: In (oort, if we have 
the (ame Knowledge, we cannot draw out of it 
the fame QuintefTence ; we cannot give it fuch a 
Term, fuch a Propriety, and fuch a Beauty : Some- 
thing is defident in the Manner, or the Words, 
but more in the Noblenefi of our Conception. Yet 
when you have finiOiM all, and it appears ia its 
fall LuAre, when the Diamond Ts not only found, 

but 



fbeDEDICAn ON. xxxi 

bot the Rdughneft finooth'd, when it is cut into a 
Form, and fet in Gold, then we cannot but ac- 
knowledge, that it is theperfeft Work of Art and 
Nature: And every one will be fo vain, to think 
he himfelf cou'd have perform'd the likc^ 'till he 
attempts it. 'Tis juft the Defcription that Horace 
makes of fuch a finifh'd Piece : It appears fb eafie, 
Ut fih't qu'tvls fperei idem ; fudet muhum^ fruftra- 
jMe laboret^ aujuj idem. And befides all this, 'tis 

?>ur Lord (hip's particular Talent to lay your 
houghts & clofe together, that were they clofer 
iliey wou'd be crouded, and even a due Connexion 
wou'd be wanting. We are not kept in expecta- 
tion of Two good Lines, which are to come af- 
ter a long Parenthefis of Twenty bad; which fs 
the if^riZ-Poetry of other Writers, a mixture of 
Rain and Sun-ihine by fits: You are always 
bright, even almoft to a Fault, by reafon of the 
cxcefi. There is continual abundance, a Magaiine 
of lliooght,- and yet a perpetual Variety of En- 
tertainmcnt ; which creates fuch an Appetite in 
Toor Reader, that he is not cloy'd with any thing, 
rat latisfy'd with all. 'lis that which tht Romans 
call Ccena dniia; where there is fuch Plenty, yet 
withal fo much Diverfity, and fo good Order, 
that the Choice is difficult betwixt one Excelleucy 
and another; and yet the Concluiion, by a due 
Qimaz, is evermore the bed; that is, as aCon- 
eiafion ought to be, ever the mod proper for its 
Place. See, my Lord, whether I have not fludy'd 

?mr Liord(hip with fome Application : And (incc 
ou are fo Modeft, that you will not be Judge 
and Party, I appeal to the whole World, if I have 
not drawn your Pidkure to a great degree of Like- 
oefi, tho* 'tis but in Miniature: And that fome 
of the beft Features are yet wantifig. Yet what f 

a 4 Vvv(^ 



xxxii 7'be DEDICdtlON. 

have done, is enough to di/Hnguilh You from any 
other, which is the Propofition that I took upon 
me to demonftrate. 

And now, my Lord, to apply what I have laid 
to my prefent Biifinefs; the Satyrs ofJuveuahxiA 
JPerJius, appearing in this new Enj^Ufr Drefs, can- 
not fo properly be mfcrib'd to any Man as to your 
Lordihip, who arc the Firft of the Age m that 
way of Writing. Your Lordfhip, amongft many 
other Favours, has given me your Permiflion for 
thfs Addrefs ; and you have particularly encouragM 
me by your Pcrulkl and Approbation of the Sixth 
and Tenth Satyrs of Juvenaly as 1 have Tranflated 
them. My FelloW'Labourers have likewife Com- 
miffion'd me, to perform in their behalf this Of- 
fice of a Dedication to you ; and wjU acknowledge 
with all poffible Kefpe£t and Gratitude, your Ac- 
ceptance of their Work. Some of them have 
the Honour to be known to your LordCbip 
already ; and they who have not yet that Happinefi, 
defire it now. Be pleas'd to receive our common 
Endeavours with your wonted Candour, without 
Intitling you to the Protcflion of our common 
Failings, in fo difficult an Undertaking. And al- 
low me your Patience, if it be not already tir'd with 
this long Epiftle, to give you from the beft Authors, 
the Origin, the Antiquity, the Growth, the Change, 
and the Compleatment of Satyr among the Romans. 
To dcfcribe, if not define, the Nature of that 
Poem, with its fcveral Qualifications and Virtues, 
together with the feveral forts of it. To compare 
the Excellencies of Horace^ Perfins and Juvenal^ 
and Ihew the particular Manners of their Satyrs. 
And laftly, to give an Account of this new way of 
Verfion which is attempted in our Performance. 
All which, according to the Wcakncli of my 

Ability, 



ne D E D IC AT 10 N. xxxiii 

Ability, and the beft Lights which I can get 
from others, (hall be the Subjcft of my iRDllowing 
Difcourle. 

The mod perfeS Work of Poetry, fays our 
Matter Arift^le^ is Tragedy. His Reafon is, be- 
caufe 'tis the moft united; being more feverely 
confin'd within the Rules of A6hon, Time, and 
Place. The Adion is entire of a Piece, and One, 
without Epifodes : The Time limited to a Natu- 
ral Day ; and the Place circumfcrib'd at leaft within 
the compafsof one Town^ or City. Being exafily 

Sroportion'd thus, and uniform in all its P«rts, the 
dind is more capable of comprehending the whole 
Beauty of it without DiftraSion. 

But after all thefe Advantages, an Heroique 
Poem is certainly the greateft Work of Human 
Nature. The Beauties and PerfeSions of the other 
are but Mechanical ; thofe of the Epique are more 
Noble. Tho* Homer has limited his Place to Troy, 
and the Fields about it; his Aftions to Forty Eight 
Natural Days, whereof Twelve are Holy-days, or 
Gef&tton from Bufinefs, during the Funerals of 
PMtroclMs, To proceed, the Aaion of the Epique 
Is greater : The Eicfention of Time enlarges the 
Plcaliire of the Reader, and the Epifodes give it 
more Ornament, and more Variety. The fnftru- 
•ftion is equal ; bat the firft \s only Inftnldivc, the 
latter forms a Hero, and a Prince. 

If !t iignifies any thing which of them is of the 
more Ancient Family, the beft and moft abfolute 
Heroique Poem was written by Homer long before 
Tragedy wai> invented: But, if we confider the 
natural Endowments, and acquir'd Parts which 
wc ncceffiiry to make an acciomplifh'd Writer in 
'titber kind. Tragedy requires a Icfs and more 
tbnfin'dKnewIedge: Moiente Leaning, and Ob- 

a J* fov;k^loa 



xxxiv 3ie DED ICjriON. 

fervation of the Rules is fuffideiit, if a Genius be 
not wanting. But in an EpiquePoet, one who- if 
worthy of that Name, befides an univerfal G^ 
iiius, is requir'd univerfal Learning, togedier 
with all thofe Qualities and AcquiGtions which I 
have nam'd above, and as many more as I have 
through Hafte or Negligence omitted. And after 
all, hciTUifthaveexaaiy Hxidy^dHomer and Vtrgil^ts 
his Patterns^ Arlftotlc and Horace as his Guides, aud 
FUa and Boffm^ as their Conunentators, with many 
others both. Italian and French Critiques, which 1 
want Leifiire here to recommend. 

In a word, What 1 have to fey, in relation » 
This Subjeft, which does not particularly concera 
Satyr, is, That the Greatnefs of an Heroique Po- 
em, beyond that of^ Tragedy, may cafily be difr 
covered by obferving how few have attempted that 
Work, in Companion of thofe who have written 
Drama's-; and of thofe few, how fmall a Number 
have fucceeded. IJut leaving the Critiques on 
either fide, to. contend about the Preference due 
to this or that fort of Poetry ;. I will haftcn to my 
prefent Bufinefi, which is the Antiquity and Origin 
of Satyr, according to thofe Informations which 
I have received from the learned Cafaubon^ Ht- 
injius, Rigaltius^ Dacier, and the Dauphin's Jm- 
venai: to which 1 fliall add fome Obfervations of 

my own. ,_,.-. 

There has been a long Difpute among the Mo- 
dern Critiques, whether the Romans derivM their 
Satyr from the Grecians^ or firft invented it them- 
Iclves. Julius Scaliger and Heinfius^ are of the 
firft Opinion j Cafauhon^ Rtgaltius^ DacUry ^nd 
the Publifhcr of the Dauphin's Juvenalj maintain 
the latter. If we take Satyr in the general Signir 
fication of the Word, as it is us'd in aU modern 

Lan- 



Tbi D ED ICJTION. xxxv 

Languages for an InveAive. 'tis certain that 'tis 
almoft as old as Verfe; and tho* Hymns, which 
are Praifes of God, may be allow'd to have been 
before it, yet the Defamation of others was not 
looff after it. After God had curs'd A Jam and£x;^ 
in Paradife, the Husband and Wife excusM them- 
lelves^ by laying the blame on one another; and 
fiive a Beginning to thoie conjugal Dialogues in 
rroft, which the Po«ts have pmedled in Verfe. 
The Third Chapter of JoA is one of the firft In- 
fiances of this Poem in Holy Scripture.* Unlefs 
we will take it higher, from the latter end of the 
Second ^ where his- Wife adviles him to curfe his 
Maker. 

This Original, I^confefs, !s not much to the 
Honour of Satyr ; .but here it was Nature, and 
that deprav'd: When it became an Art, it bore 
better Fruft. Only we have learnt thus much al-^ 
ready, that Seoffs and Revilings are of the Growth 
of all Nations; and confequently that neither the 
Greek Poets borrowed from other People their Art 
of Railing, neither needed the Romans to take it 
from them. But confidering Satyr as a Species of 
Poetry; here the War begins amongft the Critiques. 
Scaltger the Father will haveitdefcend ftomGrecce 
to Rome; and derives the Word Satyr, from Saty^ 
rus^ that mixt kind of Animal, or, as the Ancients 
thought him. Rural God, made up betwixt a Man 
and a Goat ; with a Human Head, hook'd No&, 
powting Lips, a Bunch or Struma under the Chin, 
prick'd Ears, and upright Horns ; the Body fhagg'd 
with Hair, efpedally from the Wafte, and fending 
in a Goat, wkh the Legs and Feet of that Crea- 
ture. But CafauboH^ and his Followers, with Rea- 
fon, condemn this Derivation; and prove that 
from Satyrus^ the word S(^ira^ as it figuifies a 

Poem, 



xxxvi ne DEDlCJriON. 

Poem, cannot poffibly defcend. For Satira is not 
properly a Subftandve, but an Adje£tive ; to which 
the word Lanx^ in E/rglt/b a Charger, or large 
Platter, is underftood : &o that the Greek Poem 
made according to the Manner of a Satyr, an4 
cxprefiing his Qualities, ipud properly be call'd 
Satyrical, and not Satyr. And thus far 'tisallow'd 
that the Greetmis had fuch Poems; but that thcY 
were wholly different in Specie, from that to which 
the Romans gave the Name of Satyr 

Arifiotle divides all Poetry, in relation to the 
Progrefs of it, into Nature without Art, Art be- 
gun, and Art compleated. Mankind, even the 
moft Barbarous, have the Seeds of jPoetry im- 
planted in them. The firft Specimen of it was 
certainly (hewn in the Prailei of the DEITY, 
and Prayers to Him : And as they are of Natural 
Obligation, fo they are likewife of Divine Inffa'tu- 
tion. Which Mihou oblerving, introduces Adam 
and Eve every Morning adoring GOD in Hymni 
and Prayers. The firft Poetry was thus begun, in 
the wild Notes of Natural Poetry, before the In- 
vention of Feet, and Meafures. The Grecians and 
Romans had no other Original of their Poetry. 
Peftivals and Holy-days foon fucceeded to Private 
Worflilp, and we need not doubt but they were 
enjoin*d by the True GOD to His own People; 
as they were afterwards imitated by the Heathens; 
who by the Light ofReafon knew thev were to 
invoke fome Superiour Being in their Neceflities, 
and to thank Him for his Benefits. Thus the Gre* 
cian Holy-days were celebrated with Offerings to 
Bacchus and Ceres^ and other Deities, to wnolfe 
Bounty they fuppos'd they were owing fbr their 
Corn and Wine, and other Helps of. Life. And 
the ancient Romans^ Horace tells us, paid their 

J Thanks 



Tie DEDI C At ION. xsLxvi 

rhanks to Mother Earth, ot Vefta^ to Silvsmus, 
ind their Genius^ in the fime manner. Bat as all 
F^eftiVals have a double Reafon of their Inflitution; 
he firft of Religion, the other of Recreation, for 
he unbending of oar Minds : So both the Grecians 
tnd Romans agreed, after their Sacrifices were per« 
oiin'd, to fpend the remainder of the Day ia 
iportsandMerriments; amongft which. Songs and 
dances, and that which they caird Wit /For want 
f knowii^ better^ were the chiefeft Enteruin- 
lents. The Grecians had a Notion of Satires, 
irhom I have already defcrib'd; and taking them^ 
ad the SHenij that is the young Satire^ and the 
Id, for the Tuton, Attendants, and humble Com* 
anions of their Bacchus^ habited themfelves like 
lofe Rural Deities, and imitated them in their 
LuAick Dances, to which they join'd Songs, with 
>me fort of rude Harmony, but without certain 
<f umbers; and to tbefe they added a kind of 
^borus. 

The Romans alio (as Nature is the fame in all 
laces) tho' they knew nothing of thofe Greciam 
)enri-God5, nor had any Communication with 
hreece, yet had certain Young Men, who at thci^ 
'eftivals danc'd and fung after their uncouth 
nanner, to a certain kind of Verfe, which they 
aird Sasnmian ; what it was. We hare no certain 
ght from Antiquity to dilfcovet; but w« may con- 
mde, that, like the Grecian, it Was void of Art, 
r at leaft with very feeble beginnings of it. Thofe 
ndent Rofnansj^^t thefe Holy-days, which ^ere 

mixture of Devotion and Debauchery, had a 
^uftom of reproaching each Other with their Faults, 
I a fort of extempore Poetry, or rather of tunable 
obling Verfe; and they aniwer'd in the fame kind 
f grofi RaHlerr; thdfr Wit and their Mufick 



xxxvni ne DEDICjriON. 

being of a piece. The Crecians^ fitys Cafmin 

hid formerly done the lame, in the Per&ns c 

their petulant Satires: But I am afraid he miftaki 

the matter^ and confounds the Sinking and Dai 

dng of the Satires, with the Ruftical Entertait 

ments of the firft Romans. The Reafon of n 

Opinion is this ; that Cafaubon finding little Ug 

from Antiquity, of thefe beginnings of Poetryt 

mongft the GrecioHSy but only tbefi Repreicnl 

tions of Satires^ who carrj'd Camtjlert and Corn 

c^iat full of feveral Fruits in their Hands, a 

dancM with them at thefr Publick Peads: A 

afterwards reading Horaccy who makes mention 

his homely Romafis^ jeding at one another in t 

fime kind of Solenmities, might fuppofe th< 

wanton Satires did the fame. And efpecially I 

caule Horace poffibly might feem to him, to hi 

fliewn the Original of all Poetry in general, inc 

ding the Greet ans as weir as Rbmaus: Tho' 

plainly otKerwKe, that he only defcrib^d the beg 

Ding, and fird Rudiments of Poetry in his o* 

Country. The Verfes are thefe, which he ci 

from the Firft Epiftle of the Second Book, .wfa 

was written to Augufius. . 

Agricola frifii, .fortes^ parvoque beatiy 
ConMta pofifrumenta^ levantes tempore fejh 
Corpus ^ipfumansmumjpe finis dura fere»t 
Cum fociis operum^ 5«f puerisy ^. conjuge f 
Hellurem Porco^ Silvauum lade piaiunt ; 
Floribus Sff vino Genium memorem brevis a 
Fefcenniaper hunc inventa licentia morem 
Verfibus alternisj opprobria rujiica fudit. 

Our brawny Clowns ofold^ who turrfd the «1 
Cofft€ntwitb littU^ (indimtr'dto Toily . 



I- 



ni D EDI CAT ION. xxxi« 

At Hnrvift bome^ with Mirth and CotmtfyJCbeer 
Rfftor*d their Bodies for amother Tear;. 
Refrefi^d their Spirits ^ and renewed their Hofe 
Offttch a future Feafi^ and futttre Crop, 
Them with their Fellouz-y aggers of the P loughs y. 
Their little Children^ and their faithful Sfoufe ; 
A Sow they flew to Ve(bV Deity ; 
And kimdty Milky Silvanus, pottf^d to thee. 
With FltnuWsyand IVine^ their Genitutbtyad»9^d\ : 
A fbort Life^ anda^merry^.was the Wwd. 
Ffm flowing Cups defaming. Rhymes enfue^ 
And at each other homefy Taunts- they threw^. 

Yet Once it is a hard Conjefiore, that (b Great 
a Man as Cafaubon fliou'd milapply what Horace 
writ concerning ancient Rome^ to the Ceremonies 
and Manners of ancient Greece^ I \iill not iniift' 
on this Opinion^ but rather judge in general, That< 
iince aU roetry had tts Original fifom Religion, 
that of the Grecians znd' Romans had the fame be- 
ginning rBothwereinventedat Feftivals of ThankP- 
dving : And both were profecnted with Mirth and 
Ibullery, and Rudimenu of Verfe : Amongft the 
Greeks, by thole whorepre&nted^iftf^mjy and a.- 
Biongft the Romansy by real Clowns. 

For, indeed, when I am reading Cafaubon on 
dicfie- two SubjeSSf methiaks I hear the fame Sto- 
ly K>Id twice over with very tittle Alteration. Of 
which Dacier taking notice, in his Interpretation 
of the Latin Veries which I have tranllated, fays 
plainly, that the b^inning of Poetry was the fame, 
with a fmall variety, in boch Countries : And tiiat 
the Mother of it in all Nations, was Devotion. 
Ekit what is yet more wonderful^ that moft learn^ 
ed Critiqne takes notice alfo, in his lUuftration? 
on the Firft £fiftle of the Second fiook, that as 



tl ne D EDI CAT ION. 

the Fottry o( the RomoftSj and that of the Greciam^ 
had the lame beginning at Feafts of Thanklgiring, 
as it has been obfery'd ; and the old Comedy of ^ 
the Greeks which was inveftive, and the Satyr of \ 
the Romans which was ot the lame Nature, wen ^ 
begun on the very fame Oocafion, fo the Fortune : 
of both in procefs of time was juft the fame; the ■ 
old Comedy of the Grecians was forbidden, for : 
its too mnch Licence in expofing of particular • 
Perfons, and the rude Satyr of the Romans was al- : 
fo punifh'd by a Law of the Decemviri^ as Horrn • 
tells us, in thefe Words : 

Libertafjue recurrent es accept a per Amncs 
laufit amabiliter^ donee jamfavus apertam 
In rahtem verti capit jocus ; ^ per bonejias 
Ire domos impune minax : Doluere cruento 
Dente lacejjiti\ fuit inta£tis quoane cwra 
Conditione fuper communi : Quinetiam LiJfy 
Poenoqae lata, qka noliet carmine quem^uam 
Dtfcrihi^ vertere modum formidine fuJUs ; 
Ad benedicendum deUSandmnque reda3i. 

The Law of the Decemviri was this : Siqwis (?^ 
centaffit malum Carum^fivo Condi difit^ qnoalnfanii' 
smfaxity Flagiti'um've aieeri^ Capital ejto, A (IraAge 
Ifkenefs, and barely poflible : But the Critiques 
being all of the fame Opinion, it becomes me to 
be iilent, arid to Ifabmit to better Judgments tiiaa 
my own. 

But to return to the Grecians^ from whofe Sa^ 
iirick Drama's, the elder Scaliger and Heinfius^ 
will have the Roman Satyr to proceed, I am to take 
t view of them firft, and fee if there be any fuch 
Dcfccnt ixtm them as thofe Authors have pretended. 

7ieJ)fis, or Whoft>e?er he were that invented 
Tri^edy, ffor Atithbrs iiSet} minglM with them 

aCho- 



ThtDEDICjtriON. xli 

IS and Dances of Safiret, which had before 
;'d, in the Celebration of their Feftivals ; 
re they were ever afterwards retained. The 
erof them was alfo kept, which was Mirth 
mtonels : And this was given, I fuppofe^ 
•'oily of the common Audience, whcf foon 
^eary of good Senfe ; and as we daily fee, 
own Age and Country, arc apt to fbrfake 
and dill ready to return to Buffoonry and 
From hence it came, that in iheOlympique 
where the Poets contended for four Irizes, 
irique Tragedy was the laft of them ; for 
reft, the Satires were excluded &om the 
I. Amongft the Plays of Euripides^ which- 
remaining, there is one of theie Satiriques,, 
is cail'd the Cyclops ; in which we may fee 
tare of thofe Poems ; and from thence con* 
what Likoiels they have to the Roman Satyr. 
Story of this Cyclops^ whofe Nanie was 
rmirx, (b famousm the Grrr/^ir Fables^ was, 
Jhffes^ who "with his Company was drivea 
Coaft of Sicily^ whe're thpfe Cyclops mhabi- 
oming to ask Relief from Silenns^ and the 
, who were Herdfmen to that one-eyM Gi- 
'ais kindly receiv'd by them, and entertained ;. 
ng perceivM by Polyphemus^ they were made 
ers, againft the Rites of Holpitality, for 
Ulyjffes eloquently pleaded, were afterwards 
wn in the Den, and fome of them devoured : 
nrhich; t//y^/ having made him drunk, when 
I afleep thruft a great Firebrand into his Eye ; 
I revenging his dead Followers, efcapM with 
naining Party of the living : And Silentts^ and 
tires^ were freed from their Servitude under 
VMia, and reiTUtted to their firft Liberty, of 
ing and accompanying their Patron Bacchus. 



i 



3ilii neDEDICAriON. 

Thi« was the Subjeft of the Tragedy, whicb 
Ing one of thofe that end with a happy Event 
therefore by Arij^tk judg'd below the other 1 
whofe Succefi is unfortuaate. Notwtthftam 
which, the Satires^ who were part of the Draff 
Pfffim^j as well as the whole Chorus^ were 
perly introduc'd into the Nature of the Pc 
which is mix'd of Farce and Tragedy. The 
venture of UlyJIfs was to entertain the Jud] 
Part of the Audience, and the uncouth Perfoc 
SiJenufj and the SasirtSy to divert the Conn 
People with their grols Railleries. 

Your Lordlhip has perceiv'd, by this time, 
this Satirique Tragedy, and the Roman Satyr, I 
little refemblances in any other Features. Th< 
nr Kinds are different: For what has a Pafl 
Tragedy to do with a Paper of Verfes fatyri( 
written } The Charader and Raillery of the 
tires, is the only thing that couM pretend to a 1 
neft : Were Scaligtr and Heinfius alive to ir 
tain their Opinioii. And tbe firft Farces oi 
Romofft^ . wbidi were the Rudiments of thehr 
etry, were written before they had any Com 
nication with the Gneks ; or, indeed, any Kn 
ledee of that People. 

And here it will be proper to give the De 
tion of the Gnek Satiri(^e Poem from Cafafi 
before I leave this Subjeft. The Satirique, 
be, is a Dramatiqne Poem, annex'd to a l>ag< 
having a Chorus, which confifts of Satires : ' 
Perfons reprefented in it, are illuftrious Men : ' 
A£Uon of it is great; the Style is partly feri< 
and partly jocular; and the Event of the A£ 
mod commonly is happy. 

The Grecians^ befides thele Satirique Trafl;e< 
had another, kind of Poemt which they, calfd S 

w 



the DEDICATION. xKii 

fch were more of kin to the Roman Satyr: 
ofe Silii were indeed inveflive Poems, but of a 
mat Species from the Roman Poems of £v* 
', PacMvius^ Lncslius^ Horace^ and the reft of 
• Sacceflbrs. They were fo call'd, feys Cafam- 
in one Place, ftom Silenusy the Fofter-Father 
^mcebMs ; but in another Place, bethinking him- 
xtter, he derives their Name ^ vk ^iKKeuveiv-, 
i their Scoffing and Petulency. From fomc 
[roents of the A///, written by Timon^ we may 
, that they were Satirique Poems, full olParo- 
; that is, of Verfes patch'dupfrom great Poets, 
tamM into another Senfe than their Author 
ided them. Such among the Romans is the fa- 
s Ce9ff9 of Aufonius ; where the Words are 
ffs : But by applying them to another Senie, 
are made the Relation of a Wedding-Ni^ht ; 
thus ABt of Confummation fulfomly defcribM 
le very Words of the mod Modeft amongfi 
?oets. Of the lame manner are our Songs, 
ft are tnm'd mto Burlefque ; and the ferioos 
ids of the Author perverted into a ridiculous 
■ring. Thus in Ttmon^s S'tUi the Words are ge- 
lly thole of Horner^ and the Tragique Poets ; 
be applies them Satirically, to fome Cuftoms 
Kinds of Philofophy, which he arraigns. But 
Rmnans not uflng any of diefe Parodies in their 
n ; ibmetimes, mdeed, repeatine Verfes of o- 
Men, as Perfins cites fome of Nero^s ; hut not 
ing them into another Meaning, the SUti can- 
be fiippos'd to be the Original of Roman Satyr. 
hele Silii^ confiding of Parodies^ we may pro- 
f add the Satyrs which were written againft 
calar Perfons ; fuch as were the lambiques of 
^h€Mf a^infl LycambtSy^ which Horace, un- 
itedly imitated in Ibme of his Odes tioAEp^des^ 



xKv thtDEDICATIOn. 

whofe Titles bear a fufficient Witnefs of it : 
mieht alfo name the Invedive of Otitd againfi l\ 
JM many others : But thefe arc the Under- W< 
of Satyr, rather than the Timber-Trees:- Tbq 
not a general Eztenfion, as reaching only to fi 
individual Perfon. And Horace feems to I 
purged himfelf fiom thofe fplenetick Refledion 
thofc Odes and Efodes^ before he undertook 
Noble Work of Satyrs ; which were properl 
caird. 

Thus, my Lord, I have at length di(engag^c 
iblf from thc»(e Antiquities of Greece ; zm 
prov'd, I hope, from the bed Critiques, tha 
Ronuin Satyr was not borrow'd from thence, 
of their own Manufadure : I am now al; 
gotten into my depth ; at leaft by the help of 
c'ter I am fwimming towards it. Not that I 
pronuTe always to follow him^ any more thi 
follows CafiMbon\ but to keep him m my £y 
my beft and truelt Guide ; and where I thin 
Huypdffibly mijQead me, there to have Reconi 
my own Lights, as I exped that others ihoal 
by me. 

Quintilian lays, in plain Words, Satlra qk 
tota^ mjira eft. : And Horace had faid the 
thing before him, fpeaking of his Predecefl 
that fort of Poetry, Et Gracis intaiii Carmini 
thor. Nothing can be clearer than the Opinic 
the Poet, and the Orator, both the beft Crit 
of the two beft Ages of the Roman Empire, 
that Satyr was wholly of Latin Growth; am 
tranfplanted from Athens to Rome. Yet, as I 
faid, Scalifer the Father, according to his Cul 
that is, iniolently enough, contraaifts them 1 
and gives no better Reafon, than the Derivati< 
Satyrm fcom ^i^v Sakfitns- \ and fo fron 

Let" 



the D EDI C AT 10 N. xW 

efchery of thofc Fauns, thinks he has fufficiently 
ov'd, that Satyr is dcrivM from them. As if 
lutonnefs and Lubricity were eflential to that 
t of Poem, which ou^ht to be avoided in it. 
\ other Allegation* which I. have already men- 
I'd, is as pitiful : That the Stitires carry'd Plat- 
: and Caoifters full of Fruit, in their Hands. 
hey had enterM empty handed, had they been 
-rhelefi Safiresl Ox were the Fruits and Flow- 

which they oiFer'd, any thing of kin to Satyr ? 
any Argument that this Poem was originally 
cram ? Cafaubon judgM better, and his Opinion 
rounded on fure Authority ; that Satyr was de- 
iftoxnSatura^ B.RamMWoTd^ which fignifies 
1, and Abundant, and full alio of Variety, in 
ch nothing is wanting in its due Perfedion. 
» thus, fays Dacier^ that we lay a full Colour, 
m the Wool has taken the whole Tindure, and 
ok in as much of the Dye as it can receive. 
Kxdtng to this Derivation, tton^SatHr comes 
Bns, or Satyr£, according to the new Spelling ; 
}ftumus and max9fmus are now Ipell'd optimus 

wnucintMs. Satura^ as I have formerly noted, 
in Adjedivc, and relates to the Word hanx^ 
ich is underftood. And this L^ir^r, mEn^iifb?^, 
liger, or large Platter, was yearly fiU'd with all 
ts of Fruits, which were ofier'd to the Gods at 
ir Fcftivals, ay thePr^wiwJ, or Firft-Gatherings. 
tde OfFcrings- of feveral Sorts thus mingled, 'tis 
e, were not unknown to the Gnciams^ who 
t*dthem vAfKAf^h 'd-t/^ictK a Sacrifice of all forts 
Fruits; and o-^t^'vcp/cxiit;, when they ofTer'd all 
ids of Grain. Virgil has mentioned thefe Sacri- 
es in his Georgijmes. 

Lmuibus (^ fandis^ fitmantia rcdMmus Exta. 
id in another Place, htmcefqme ^ libs ftremus : 

Wax 



xlvi the DED J CjiT I ON. 

That is, we ofier the finoaking Entrails in 
Platters ; and we will ojSTer the Chargers as 
Cakes. 

This Word Saiura has been afterwards a| 
to many otter Ibru of Mixtures ; as Ftftm 

.it a kind of OUsu or hotch-potch, made of fi 
ibrts of Meats* Laws were alio caird Legis 
ra \ when they were of lereral Heads and T 
like onr tack'd Bills of Parliament. And fi 
turam Ugem ferre^ in Ae Remam Senate, IM 
carry a iLaw without telling the Seoaton 
counting Voices when they were in hafie. • 
olies the \yord fer Sattarmn Semtemtias exqm 
when the Majority was vifibly on one fide. 1 
hence it might probably be conjedur'd, th 
Difcourles or Satyrs of Etmus^ LaciliMu an 
race^ as we now can them, took their Name 
caufe they are full of various Matters, and i 
lb written on various Subje£U, as Porpiyrims 
But Dacier affirms, that it is not immediatety 
thence that thefe Satyrs are fo call'd : Foi 
Name had been us'd formerly for other tl 
which bore a nearer refemlilance ^to thofe DU 
les of Horace. In explaining of which, (< 
nues Dacier) a Method is to be purfuM, of y 
Cafaubon himfelf has never, thought, and i 
will put all things into fo clear a Light^ th 
£uther room will be left for the leaft Diipui 
During the (pace of almoft four hundred 1 
fince the Building of their City, the Romam 
never known any Entertainments of the ! 
Chance and Jollity firft found out thofe \ 
which they call'd Saiurnian^ and FefcenMtme 
rather Human Nature, which is inclined to Pc 
firft produced them, 4iide and barbarous, an< 

, polifhM, as all other Operations of the Soul \ 



ne DEDICATIOIL xlvii 

bq^mnings, before thej are culti?ated with 
ind Study. However, m Oocafions of Mer- 
iit thev were firft pradts'd ; and this rough-odi 
wn Poetry, wis infiead of Stage-^PIays for 
pace of one hundred and twenty Years to- 
r. They wer6 made txtempare^ and were, 
; FreMcb call diem, Improt9^t$u : For which 
'm^fisMs of old were much renowned; and we 
he dttlj Examples of them in the Italiam ; 
S of Harlequiw^ tndScaramucia. Such was 
^octry of that fidv^e People, before it was 
1 into Numbers^ and the Harmony of Verfe. 
'. of the Sannrmsan Vet£ts is now renuuning; 
ilj^Imow from Authors, that they were near« 
Me than Poetry, without Feet, or Meafure. 
were I p^9^o/, but not lfjm%rf9t : Perhaps 
might be usM in the folemn Part of their 
Donies ; and the Fefeemftme^ which were in- 
1 after tix^, in their Afternoons Debauchery, 
Ik they were fcoffing and obfcene. 
e Fefcemtime and Sdturma» were the fame ; 
\ they were caliM SiUmrnian from their An* 
lefi, when Saturn reign'd in Italy ; theywere 
adled Fefiemmine^ from Fefienniua^ a Town 
5 fime Country, where they were firft pra* 
. Tlie Adors, with a gro(s and ruftick kind 
lOlery, reproach'd each other with their Fail- 
and at the Cime time were nothmg fparing of 
hdr Audience. Somewhat of this Cufiom was 
rards retained in their Sattirnalia^ or Feads of 
V, celebrated in December ; at lead all kind 
9edom in Speech was then allow'd to Slaves, 
againft their Mailers ; and we are not with- 
ime imitation of it in our Cbrijimas GamifoJs. 
en alfo us'd thofe Fefcennine Verfes, after 
lire and Numbers had been added to them, at 
7 ti[vc 



xlviii fbe DEDICA TIO PT. 

the Triumph of their Generals : Of which \ 
have an Example^ in the Triumph otjnlhis C£i 
over Ganl^ in thefe Expreflions : C^efar Gm 
fnhegitj Nicomedes defsrem : Eccc Cafar «f 
triumpbafy qui fubegh GMas ; Nicomedes mm f 
umphat^ qui fubegit Cafarem. The Vapours 
Wine m^e the nrft Satyrical Poets amongft 1 
Romans ^ which, lays Dacier^ we cannot better 
prefent, than by imagining a Company of Clo^ 
on a Holy-day, dancing Lubberly, and upbraid 
one another in extempore DoggreJ, with their I 
feds and Vices, and the Stories that were told 
them in Bake-houfes and Barbers-Shops. 

When they began to be fomewhat better bi 
and were entring, as I may fay, into the firft I 
diments of Civil Converfation, they left tt 
Hedge-Notes, for another fort of Poem, for 
what polifliM, which was alfo fiill of pleal 
Raillery, but without any Mixture of Obfceo 
This fort of Poetry appeared under the Name 
Satyr, becaufc of us variety : And this Satyr i 
adorn'd with Compofitions of Mufic]^ and ^ 
Dances ; but lafcivious PodureswerebanifhMfi 
it. In tke Tufcan Language, fays Livy^ the w 
Hifter fignifies a Player : And therefore tli 
Adors, which were fird brought from Efrxrii 
Romey on occaiion of a Pedilence ; when the 
msus were admonifli'd to avert the Anger of 
Gods by Plays, in the Year aif Urbe Com 
CCCXC: Thofe Adors, I fay, were therel 
caird Hiftriones : And that Name has fince 
main'd, not only to ASors Roman bom,- bui 
all others of every Nation. They play*d not 
former extempore Stuff of Fefcennine Verffes, 
Qownifii Jeits ; but what thev aded was a I 



Tbe DEDICATION. xUx 

ol civil cleanly Farce, with Mufick and Dances, 
and Motions that were proper to the Subjed. 

In this Condition Lhius Andronicus found the 
Sta^e, when he attempted firft, inftead of Farces, 
to lupply it with a nobler Entertainment of Tra- 
gedies and Comedies. This Man was a Grecian 
born, and being made a Slave by Livius SaUnator^ 
and broueht to Rome^ had the Education of his 
Patron's Children commited to him. Which Tru(l 
he difcharg'd, (b much to the Satisfadion of his 
Mafter, that he gave him his Liberty. 

Andronicus thus, become a Freeman of Rome^ 
added to his own Name that of Livius his Maftcr; 
and, as I obfcrv'd, was the firft Author of a regu- 
lar Play in that Common-wealth. Being already 
inftraded, in his Native Country, in the Manners 
and Decencies of the Athenian Theater, and con* 
ver(ant in the Arcbaa Comoedia^ or old Comedy of 
Ariftophanes^ and the reft of the Grecian Poets; 
he took from that Model his own defigning of 
Plays for the Roman Stage. The firft of which 
was reprefented in the Year CCCCCXIV. iince 
the Building of Rome^ as TulN^ from the tom- 
mentaries of Atticus^ has afTur d us ; it was after 
the €nd of the firft Punic War, the Year before 
Ennsus was born. Dacier has not carry'd the 
Matter altogether thus far ; he only fays, that one 
Livius Andronicus was the firlt Stage-Poet at /i6»7^; 
But I will adventure on this Hint, to advance ano- 
ther Propofition, which I hope the Learned will 
approve. And tho' we have not any thing of 
Andronicus remaining to juftify my ConjeQure, yet 
'tis exceeding probable, that having read the Works 
3f thofe Grecian Wits, his Country-men, he imi- 
tated not only the Ground-work, but alfo the 
sunner of their Writing. And how grave foevcr 



1 The DED I C Jt r I ON. 

m 

his Tragedies might bc^ yet in his Comedies he 
prefs'd the way of Arifiofhanes^ Eupolis^ and 
reft, which was to call fomc Perions by i 
own Names^ and to cxpofe their Defedls to 
Laughter of the People. The Examples of w 
we have in the fore- mentioned Ariftofhattes^ ' 
turned the wife Socrates into Ridicule; and is 
very free with the Management of CUom^ Al 
ades^ and other MiniAers of the Athenian Gov 
ment. Now if this be granted, we may ealily 
pbfe, that the firft Hint of Satyrical Plays or 
Roman Siz^Q^ was given by the Greeks, Notf 
the Satyricay for that has been rcafonably cxplc 
in the former part of this Difcourfe : But f 
their old Comedy, which was imitated firft by 
Tfius Andronscus, And then Quint ilian and He 
muft be cautioufly interpreted, where they aff 
that Satyr is wholly Rowan ; and a fort of V< 
which was not touch'd on by the Grecians, 
Reconcilement of my Opinion to the Standar 
their Judgment, is not, however, very difficult, i 
they fpake of Satyr, not as in its firft Elem< 
but as it was form'd into a feparate Work ; b< 
by EnnsHSy purfu'd by Lncilius^ and compleate 
t?rwards by Horace. The Proof depends onl; 
this Pojlulatuniy that the Comedies of Andron 
"V^hich were Imitations of the Greeks were all 
mitations of their Railleries, and Rededions 
particular Perfons. For if this be granted 
which is a moft probable Suppofition, 'tis eal 
infer, that the firft Light which was given tc 
Roman Theatrical Satvr, was from the Play 
Livius Andronicus. Which will be more n 
feftly difcover'd, when I come to fteak of Em 
In t)ie mean tipi^ I will return to Dicier. 



. t 



fbe DEDICjtflON. il 

The People, fays he, ran in Crowds to thefc 
new Entertainments of AndromicUSy as to Pieces 
which were more noble in their kind, and more 
pcrfda than their former Satyrs, which for fomc 
time they neglcfled and abandoned. But not long 
•fter, they took them up again, and then they joined 
them to their Comedies : Flaying them at the end 
of every Drama ; as the French continue at this 
Day to aQ their Farces ; in the nature of a fepa- 
ratc Entertainment from their Tragedies, but 
more particularly they were join'd to the Attellane 
Fables, fays Cafauboft ; which were Plays invented 
by the Ofcf, Thofe Fables, fays Valerius Maxi- 
mns^ out of Livy^ were tempered with the ItalioM 
Severity, and free from any Note of Infamy qr 
Ob&enenefs ; .and as an old Commentator on Juve- 
md aflBrms, the Exodianij which were Singers and 
Dancers, entered to entertain the People with light 
Songs, and mimical Gellures, that they might not 
go away opprefs*d with Melancholy, fromthofefe- 
rious Pieces of the Theater. So that the ancient Sa- 
tn o£ the Romaftf was in extemporary Reproaches: 
jhc next was Farce, which was brought from 
Tnfcamy : To that fucceeded the Plays of Andro^ 
mcHs^ from the old Comedy of the Grecians; 
And out of all thefe, fprung two feveral Branches 
of new Roman Satyr ; like different Cyens from 
the fame Root. W hich I (hall prove with aS much 
Brevity as the Subjefk will allow. 

A Year after Andronicus had open'd the Ro^ 
mam Stage with his new Drama's, Ennius was 
born ; who, when he was grown to Man's Edate, 
having fcrioufly confidered the Gejuius of the Peo- 
ple, and h.)W eagerly they followed the firft Sa- 
tyrs, thought it wou'd be worth his Pains to refine 
upon the Projedi and to write Satyrs not to be 

b z i\S^^\ 



iii Tife D^E DICAtlON. 

^Qed on the Theatre, but Read. He prcfetvV 
Ihe Ground-work of their Pleafantry, their Ve 
iiom, and thetr Raillery on particular PerfonF. 
And general Vices : And by this means^ avoiding 
the Danger of any ill Succefs, in a Pubhck Re- 
prefentation, he hopM to be as well received iu th< 
Cabinet^ as Andron'tcus had been upon the Stage 
The Event was anfwerable to his Expectation 
He made Difcourfcs in feveral Sorts of Verfe 
vary^d often in the fame Paper ; retaining A ill it 
jthe Title, their original Name of Satyr. Both is 
relation to the Suojeds, and the variety of Mat 
tcrs contained in them, the Satyrs of Horace an 
entirely like them, ; only Enn'tus^ as I &id, con 
/jnes not himfelf to one fort of Verfe, as Hor^K 
does^ but taking Exaniple from the Greeks^ an< 
(even from Homer himfelfi in his Margites^ whid 
is a kind of Satyr, ^Scallger obferves, gives himfel 
{he Licenfe, when one fort of Numbers come 
not eafily, to run into another, as his Fancy die 
fates. For he makes no Difficulty to minfj^t 
Hexameters with I ambique Trimeters; or wit 
Trochaique Tetrameters; as appears by thofeFraj 
pients which are yet remaining of him: Horat 
has thought bim worthy to be Copy'd ; infertin 
jnany things of his into his own Satyrs, as Firg 
has done into his JEneid, 

Here we have Dacier making out that EnnU 
was the firft Satyrift in that wajr of Writing, whic 
Wj^s pf his Invention; that is. Satyr abflrafied frof 
the Stage, ;ind new model I'd into Papers of Verfe 
on fevera) Subjects. But he will have Ennik 
take the Ground-work of Satyr from the fir 
Farces of the Romans ; rather than from the fornr 
^d Pla.ys oi Livius Andronieus^ which were copy' 
froffi (tip Qrccian Comedies. It may poflibly b 

fo 



niHEDICAtlON. TiJf 

but Dacier knows no more of it than I do' 

it fcems to me the more probable Opinion* 

he rather imitated the fine Railleries of the 

*ks^ which he faw in the Pieces of Andronicusy 

the Courfcnefs f>f his old Gountry-men, inr 

clownilh extemporary way of jeering. 

It bcfides this, 'tis univcrfally gc^ted, that 

fjTj, tho' an Italian^ was excellently learn'd in 

Grtek Language. His Vcrfes were ftulPd 

Fragments of it, even to a Fault: And he 

elf bcliev'd, according to \\\q PythagoreanOfV- 

, that the Soul of Homer was transfiis'd into 

; Which Prryf^j obfervcs, in his Sixth Satyr:. 

juam deftertuii ef'e Maomdes, But this being 

the private Opinion of fo inconfiderable a 

I as I am, I leave it to the farther Difquifition 

le Cridcks, if they think it worth iheirNotice. 

1 evident it is, that whether he imitated the 

an Farce, or the Greek Comedies, he is to be 

lowledg'd for the firft Author of Roman Sat^r^ 

is properly fo called ; and diftinguifhed fr6m< 

fort of Stage-Play. 

f Psenvlus^ who fuccecded him, there is little 
c did, becaufe there is fo little remaining of 
: Onljr that he is taken to be the Nephew of 
Mr/, his SiQer's Son ; that in probability he was 
oded by his Uncle, in his way of Satyr, which 
ire told he has copy'd ; but what Advances he 
e we know not. 

mtiliMs came into the World, when Pacuvins 
rifti'd moA; he alfo made Satyrs after the man- 
of Ennius^ but he gave then) a more graceful 
; and cndeavour'd to imitate more clofely the 
ts Comaedia of the Greeh : Of the whkh the 
ominat ioman Satyr had no Idea, 'till thcf 
iOfJJvins Andronieus, And iho* Horace fscms' 

b 3 lo 



liv TheDEDICjtriON. 

to have made LuciUus the firft Author of Satyr in 
Vcrfc amongft the Romans^ in thcle Words, Qmii 
€Hm eft Lucilius anfus Priwus in hunc operis cow 
ponere carmina morem: He is only thus to be un- 
derilood, that LuciltHs had given a more graceful 
turn to the Satyr of Ennius and Pacuvius ; not that 
he invented a new Satyr of his own : And Quimi* 
iian fcems^to explain this Pallage of Horace in 
thefe Words : Satira qnidem tota fsoftra . eft^ im 
qttapriMUS infigMem iaudem adeptns eft Lucih'us. 

Thus, both Horace and Qumulian give a kind of 
Primacy of Honour to Lucilius^ amongft the La- 
tin Saty rills. For as the Roman Language grew 
more refined, fo much more capable it was of rc» 
cdving the Grecian Beauties in his time: Horaei 
and Quintilian could mean no more, than that Lu* 
ciiius writ better than Ennius and Pacuvius: And 
on the fame account we prefer Horace to Lmci* 
Uus : Both of them imitated the old Greek Come- 
dy ; and fo did Ennius and Pacuvins before them. 
X he poliihing of the Latin Tongue, in the Sucoef- 
fion of Times, made the only Difference. And 
Horace himfelf, in two of his Satyrs, written pur- 
pofely on this Subjefi, thinks the Romans or his 
Age were too partial in their Commendations of 
Lucilius ; who writ not only loofely, and muddily, 
i¥ith little Art, and much Icfs Care, but alio in a 
time when the Latin Tongue was not yet fuffici- 
ently purg'd from the Dregs of Barbarifm ; and 
many fignificant and founding Words, which the 
Romans wanted, were not aclmittcd even in the 
Times of Lucretius and Cicero ; of which both 
complain. 

But to proceed, Dacier juftly taxes Cafaubom^ 
laying, that the Satyrs of Lucilius were wholly 
different in Specie^ from thoXl* of Euuius and P«- 

cuvius. 



TiiDEDiCjtTlON. Iv 

mms. Csfanbon was led into that M'llake by 
Diomedes the Grammarian, who in ef!e£i fays 
rhfs; Satyr among the Romans^ but not among the 
Greeks^ was a biting invedlive Poem, made after 
rtic Model of the ancient Comedy; for the Repre- 
henfion of Vices : Such as were the Poems of L«- 
(HimSy of Hurace^ and of Perfins, But in former 
Times, the Name of Satyr was given to Poems, 
which were composed of feveral forts of Vcrfes; 
fuch as were made by £»»iW and Pacuvius; more 
fully cxprcfling the Etymology of the Word Satyr, 
from Sattira^ which we have obferv'd Here 'tis 
manifcft, that Diomedes makes a Spccifical Di- 
ftindion betwixt the Satyrs of Ennius and thofe 
of LMcH'tHs. But this, as wc fay in Englijb^ is 
only a Diftin&ion without a Dinerencc ; tor the 
Reafon of it is ridiculous, and abfolutcly falfe. 
This was that which cozen'd honed Cafaubon^ who 
relying on Diomedes^ had not fufiicicntly examin*d 
Che Origin and Nature of thofe two Satyrs; which 
were entirely the fame, both in the Matter and the 
Form- For all that LnciltMs performed beyond 
his Predeceflbrs, EhhIms and Pacuvins^ was only 
the adding of more Politenefs, and more Salt; 
without any Change in the Subftance of the Poem: 
And tho' Lucilius put not together in the fame 
Satyr feveral forts of^ Verfes, as Ennius did ; yet 
he compos'd ftveral Satyrs, of feveral forts of 
Vcrfes; and mingl'd them with Greik Verfes: 
One Poem confifted only of Hexanteiers; and ano- 
ther was entirely oilamhiqnes^ a third of Trucha- 
ifnes; as is vifible by the Fragments yet remaining 
of his Works. In fliort, if the Satyrs of LxdJi us 
«re therefore laid to be wholly different from thofe 
KiS Emnius^ becaufe he added much more of Beauty 
ind Polifning to his own Poems, than are to be 

b 4 tbuud 



hi TkeDEhlCAtlON. 

found in thofe before him ; it will follow froi 
hence, that the Satyrs of Hurace are wholly diffi 
rent from thofe of LuMuSy becaufe Horace hs 
not lefs furpafsM LuciUus in the Elegancy of h 
Writing, than LuciltMs furpafi'd Enmus in tbeTui 
and Ornament. of his. i his Paflage of Diomed* 
has alfo drawn Doufay the Son, into the fame £i 
ror of C^»^«, which I fay, not to expofe the lii 
tie Failings of thofe judicious Men, but only t 
make it appear, with how much Diffidence ap 
Caution we-are to read their Works ; when the 
freat a Subjefi of fo much Obfcurity, and fo ver 
ancient, as is this of Satyr. 

Havine thus brought down the Hiftory of Satj 
from its Original to the Times of Horace^ and fhew 
the feveral Changes of it; I (hould heredifcoverfom 
of thofe Graces which Horace added to it, but ths 
J think |t will be more proper to defer that Undei 
taking, *till I make the Comparifon betwixt hir 
and Juvensl, In the mean while, following th 
Order of Time, it will be neceflary to fey iom< 
what of another kind of Satyr, which alio was d( 
fcended from the Ancients: 'Tis that which w 
call the VarrwUn Satyr, but which Varro himfel 
calls the Menipfean ; becaufe f^arro^ the moft learn 
cd of the Romans^ was the firft Author of it, wh< 
imitated, in his Works, thfc Manners of Menit 
fus the Gadarentany who profefs'd the Philofopb 
of the Cynlques. 

This fort of Satyr was not only composed c 
feveral forts of Verfc, like thofe of Eftmus^ bu 
was aUb mix'd with Profc ; zniiJSreek was iprink 
led amongft the Latin, Quintd'tafgy after he hm 
fpoken of the Satyr of LuciUus^ adds what fol 
low ; There is another and former kind of Satyr ^ com 
fos'd iy Terentius Varro, the moji htamed ofth 

Romans 



ne DEBICAriON. Mi 

Romans; In which be was nH fathf^dahne with 
minglinf^ in it fever aI forts of Verje, The only 
Difficulty of this Paffagc is, that Quintilian tells 
us, that this Satyr of Farro was of a former Kind. 
For how can we poffibly imagine this to be, fincc 
Verro^ who was contemporary to Cicero^ nmft 
confequcntly be after Ludlitts ? But Quintilian 
meant not, that the Satyr of Farro was in Order 
of Time before Lueilius ; he would only give us 
to anderfhind,. that the Farronian Satyr, with mix- 
ture of fevcral forts of Verfcs, was more after 
the manner of Ennius and Pacuvius^ than that of 
Lucilinr, who was more fevere, and more cor- 
tcSt ; and gave himfelf lefs Liberty in the Mixture 
of his Verfcs, in the fame Poem. 

We have nothing remaining of thofe Farronian 
Satyrs, excepting Ibme inconfideraMe Fragments, 
and thofe for the mod part much corrupted. The 
Titles of many of them are indeed prcferv'd, and 
they are generally double: From whence, atleaft, 
we may underftand, how many various SubjeSs 
were treated by that Author. Tuliy^ in his Aca- 
demicks, introduces Farro himfclfgiving us fome 
light concerning the Scope and Defign of thofe 
Works. Wherein, after he had (hewn his Reafons 
why he did not r;r/^rtf/<r^ write of Philofbphyy he- 
adds what ibllows. Notwlthftanding, fa)^s Ar, that 
theft Pieces of mine, whetein I have imitated Af#- 
ffippns^ thoQ^h I have not tranflated him, arcfprink- 
led with a kind of Mirth and Gaiety : Yet many 
things are there inferted, which, are drawn from 
the very Intrails of Philofophy, and many rhings 
feverely arguM: Which I have mingled with Plea- 
fintries on purpofe, that they may more ealily go 
down with the common fort of unlearn'd Readers. . 
The reft of the Sentence is fo lame, that we can 

b s ^v'^ 



Iviii VTbe DED ICJTION. 

•nly make thus much out of it ; that in the C 

pofition of his Satyrs, he fo temperM Philc 

with Philofophy j that his Work was a Mixtu 

rhem both. And Tully himfelf confirms us ii 

Opinion; when a little after he addrefles hfi 

to Varro in thefe Words. And you your felf 

composed a moft elegant and compUat Poem ; 

have begun Philofophy in many Places : Suffi 

to incite us, ^f>(fttgh too Utile to inftrud us. 1 

it appears, that Farro was one of thoCe Wi 

whom they call'd m^S'cyiKoioi, lludious of Li 

ter; and that, as Learned as he was, his Buf 

was more to divert his Reader, than to teach 

And he iniitled his own Satyrs Menippean : 

that Menippus had written any Satyrs ^for 

were either Dialogues or EpiiUes^ but that A* 

imitated bis. Style, his Manner, his Facetioufi 

AH th^t ' we know fardier of Menifpus^ anc 

Writines, which are wholly loft, is, that by £ 

he is efteemed, as,- among the reft, by yarro : 

others be is noted of Cynical Impudence, and 

fcenity : That he was much given to thofe P 

dies, which I have already mentioned ; that is, 

often quoted the Verfes o( Homer znd the Traj 

Foet^, <and tumM their (erious Meaning into fo 

thing that was Ridiculous; whereas Varroh 

tjrrs are by TuUy .caU'd Abfolute, and moft ] 

gant, and Various PoemSi^ Lucian, who was ei 

lous -of this Menippus, leems to have imitated b 

his- Manners and his Style in many of his 1 

logues; where ikf(frfr/>pitfi himfelf is often intro 

ccd as a Speaker in them, and as a perpetual £ 

foon.* Particularly his Charad^it expre&'d in i 

Beginning of that Dialogue, wHich is calVd Nix 

fitt^ricc. But l^drro, . in imitating < him , avoids 

; . ImjpuJq 



V' 



Tie DED ICJ TIO N. lix 

impudence and Filthioefs, and only exprefles his 
witnr Plea&ntry. 

This we may believe for csertain, That as his 
Sabjedh were various, fo mod of them were Tales 
or Stories of his own Invention. Which is alfo 
manifeft from Antiquity, by thofe Authors who are 
£cknowledgM to have writtea f^arronian Satyrs, in 
Imitation of his : Of whom the Chief is Petronius 
Arbiter^ whofe Satyr, they (ay, is now printed 
ill Holland^ wholly recovered, and made com- 
pleat: When 't!s made publick, it will eafily befeen 
by any one Sentence, whether it be fuppoGtitious, 
or genuine. Many of Ludanh Dialogues may al- 
fo properly be call'd f^arroulan Satyrs ; particularly 
his True Hiflory : And confequently the Golden 
Afi of Afuleius^ which is taken from him. Of 
the fame Stamp is the Mock Deification of Clau-- 
dimsy by Seneca: And the Sympqfium or Cafars of 
JnUan the Emperor. Amongft the Moderns wc 
may reckon the Encomium Mori<e of Erafmusj 
Barclay's Eupbormio^ and a Volume of German 
Authors, which my ingenious Friend Mr. Charles 
Killigrtw once lent me. In the Engli/h I remem- 
ber none, which are mix'd with Prole, as Parro's 
were : But of the lame kind is Mother Hubbard's 
Tale m Spencer:; and ( if it be not too vain to 
mention any thing of my own ) the Poems of Ab^ 
faban and Mac fjecno. 

This is what I have to fay in general of Satyr: 
Only as Dacier has observed berore me, we may 
take notice, That the Word Satyr is of a more 

meral Signification in Latin, than in French, or 

Wi^. For amongft the Romans it was not only 
IB*a for thofe "Difcourfes which decry'd Vice, or 
csposM Fofly ;. but for others alfo. where Virtue 
was xecpmrncni^. But in our modern JUanguagcs 

wc 



Ix the DEDICATION. 

•wc npply It only to the invcaive Poems, tvhcfe 
the very Name of Satyr \% formidable to thofc 
Perfons, who wou'd appear to the World, what 
they are not in themfelves. For in EngUfb^ to fiy 
5atyr, is to mean ReflcQion, as we ule that Wcwa 
in the worft Senfe; or as the French call it, more 
properly, Medifance. In theCriticifin of Spellings 
it ought to be with / and not with^ ; to diftinguKh 
its true Derivation from Satura^ not from Satynis. 
And if this be fo, than 'tis falfe ipelPd throueh- 
out this Book ; for here *tis written Satyr. Which 
having not confider'd at the fir ft, 1 thought it not 
worth correSing afterwards. But the treuch arc 
more nice, and never fpell it any other way than 
oatire. 

I am now arriv'd at the moft difficult part of my 
Undertaking, which is, to compare Horace Wv^Jw' 
Tennl and Perjius. 'Tis obferv'd by Rigaltius^ in 
his Preface before Jnvenal^ written to Tinr^irjf/, that 
theft three Poets have all their particular Partifins^ 
and Favourers : Every Commentator, as he has 
taken Pains with any of them, thinks himfelfoblig'd 
to prefer his Author to the other two: To find out 
their Failings, and decry them, that he may make 
room for liis own Darling. Such is the PartiaKtj. 
of Mankind, to fet up that Intcreft which they 
have once efpous'd, tho' it be to the Prejudice of 
Truth, Morality, and common Jufticc : And tSpt^ 
cially in the ProduQions of the Brain. As Authori 
generally think themfelves the beft Poets, becaufc 
they cannot eo out of themfelves to judge fiQcere- 
ly of their Betters; fo it is with Criticks, who, 
having firft taken a liking to one of theft Poetf, 
proceed to Comment on him, and to lUuflrate 
him : After which, they fall in Love with thctf 
own Labours, to that degree of blind Fondnefi, 

that 



ne DEDICjtriON. Ixj 

at length they defend and exalt their Author, 
(o much for his Sake as for their own. 'Tis a 
|r of the lame Nature with that of the Ro- 
r themfelves, in thdr Games of the Chrcns ; the 
iators were divided in their FaSions, betwixt 
Ventti and the Prafmi : Some were for the 
'ioteer in Blue, and fome for him in Green. 

Colours themfelres were but a Fancy; but 
Q once a Man had taken Pains to let out thofe 
is Party, and had been at the trouble of procu- 

Voices for them, the Cafe was alter'd : He 

concemM for his own Labour ; and that fo 
eftly, that Difputes and Quarrels, Animofities^ 
imotions, and Bloodihed, often happened : 

in the Declenfion of the Grecian Empire^ 
^ery Sovereigns themfelves engag^l in it, even 
n the Barbarians were at their Doors ; and 
I'd for the Preference of Colours, when the 
ty of their People was in queflion. I am now, 
(elf, on the Brink of the fame Precipice; I 
: Ipcnt Ibmc time on the Tranflation of Juvt- 
ind Perfiusi and it behoves me to be wary, 

for that Reafon, I (hou'd be partial to them, 
Jce a Prejudice againQ Horact. Yet, on the 
r Side, I wou'd not be like fome of our 
jes^ who wou*d give the Caufe for a poor Man, 

or wrong : For tho' that be an Error on the 
T Hand, yet it is ftill a Partiality : And a Rich 
i,anheard, cannot be concluded an Oppreflbr. 
nember a Saying of King Charles II. ou Sir 
tbew Hales^ (who was ooubtlels an Uncor- 
sind Upright Man) That his Servants were fure 
e call on a Tryat, which was heard before 
^ Not that he thought the Judge was poiCble to ] 
ibM ; but that his Integrity might be too fcrupu- [ 
: And that the Cao^ of the Crov^n were 



Ixii ne DEDICjttlON. 

always fufpidouSi when the Privileges of Subjeds 
were concerned. 

It had been much fairer, if the modem Critidkii 
"Who have embark'd m the Quarrels of their Favo-' 
rite Authors, had rather given to each his proper 
Due; without taking from another's Heap, toraiie 
their own. There is Praife enough for each of 
them in particular, without encroaching on hb 
Fellows, and detraSing from them, or enrichii^ 
themfelves with the Spoils of others. But to come 
to Particulars : Heimfius and Dacier are the moft 
principal of thofe, who raife Horact above JJs- 
venal and Perfius, Scaliger the Father, RigMus^ 
and many others, debafe Horace^ that they may let 
vif Juvenal : And Cafaubonj who is almoll fingle^ 
throws Dirt on Juvenal and Horace^ that he may 
exalt Perfius^ whom he underftood particularly 
well, and better than any of the former Commema« 
tors; even Stellusi^ who fucceeded him. I will 
begin with him, who, in my Opinion, defend^ 
■ the weakeft Caufe, which is that of Perfius^ and 
labouring, as Tacitus profcffes of his own Wii- 
ttngs, to di veil my felt of Partiality, or Prejndfioei 
fonfidcr Perfius^ nut as a Poet whom I havf 
wholly tranflatcd,, and whp has coA me more Li^ 
bouf and Time than Juvenal ; but according to 
what I judge to be his own Merit ; which I think 
not equal in the main, to that of Juvmal€x.Hh 
rnce\ and yet in fome things to be preferxedtid 
both of them. 

Firft, then, for the Verfe, neither Cafaubon him* 
felf, nor any for him, can defend either his Num* 
bers, or the Purity of his Latin. Cafauiom gi^ 
this point fot IbQ ; and pretends not to jjuAi^ 4 
ther the Meafurcs, or the Words of Perjiuj : Hi 
is evidently bedeath Horace and Jjtvenal in both. 

• Then 



yfe DEDICATION. Ixiii 

len, as his Verfe is fcabrous, and hoblfng, 
lis words not efcry where well chofcn, the 
/ of hat'tn being more corrupted, than the 
of Juvensl^ and confequently of Horace^ 
writ when the Language was in the height 
: Perfedion ; fo his X)i£lion is hard ; his Fl- 
are generally too bold and daring;. and his 
es, particularly his Metaphors, infuiFerably 
*d. 

the third Place, notwithftanding all the Di- 
re of CafaukQftj StfUiai^ and a Scotch Gen- 
ii ( whom I have heard extreamly commend- 
r his lUttftrations of him;) yet he is dill ob- 
: Whether he affefied not to be nnderftood, 
nth Difficulty; or whether the fear of his 
f under Nero^ compell'd him to this Dark- 
n (bme places ; or that it was occaOoned by 
.ofe way of thinking, and the Brevity of his 
, and crowding of his Figures; or laftly, whe- 
lAer fo long atim^, many of his Words have 
corrupted, and many Cuftoms, and Stories 
ag to them, loft to us ; whether fome of thefc 
mSj or all, concufd to render him fo cloa- 
fe inay be bold to Affirm, that the bed of 
oientators can but j(ue(^ .at his Meaning, ia 
Paflages : And . i^one can be certain that he 
ivin'drightly. * . • . ' - 

^rall^.hewas a yoiu?g.Man^ like his Friend 
ZonX£i3»povuj LMCim: Bonh.of them Men of 
ordinary Farts, and great acquir'd Knowledge, 
lering their Youth. iBat neither of them had 
1 to that Maturity of Judgment, which is 
[ary to the >accoipplifl^Og of a &)r^i'd. Po^ 
this Coolideration, as on the one hand it Uya 
l^Aperte^ions to their Clrtavge.; fo, • on the 
fide, 'tis acafidid £xjcufc (a^^flMfk FailingSi 
'4 which 






Ixiv ne DEDl Cjtr lOH. 

which are incident to Youth and Inexperience; tnCP 
we htve more reafon to wonder, how they, Trtfli> 
died before the Thirtieth year of their Ag^, corfBt^ 
write fo well, and think fo ftrongly; thanf>; 
flccofe them of thofe Faults, from which Hamfa; 
Nature, and more efpecrally in Youth^ can ner^^ 
poffibly be exempted^ 

To confider Perjins yet more clofcly; Hen- 
Ihcr infultcd over Vice and Folly, than exptrfS 
them, like Juvenal and Horace. And as chaflc 
and modeft as he is efteem'd, it cannot be deny*i, 
but that m fome Places he is broad and fullbtBi 
as the latter Verfes of the Fourth Satyr, and ofAe 
Sixth, fufficiently witnefi. And 'tis to be believ'd. 
that he who commits the fiune Crime often, and 
without Neceffity, cannot but do it with fomc 
kind of Pleafure. • '*- 

To come to a conclufion, he is manifeftly below 
Horace ; becaufe he borrows moft of his greateft 
Beauties from him : And CafoMbon is fo fix from 
denying this, that he has written a Treatife pll^ 
pofely concerning it ; wherein h« (hews a mufti- 
rude of his Tranflationsfrom Horace^ and his Imi- 
tations of him, for the Credit of his Author, wMch 
he calls Imitatio Horatiama. 

To thefe Dcfeds, which I callially obftrt'd, 
wHtle I was Tranflatine this Author, Staliger )m 
added others : He calls him, in plain Terms, a fflly 
Writer, and a Trifler ; full of Oftentation of Learn- 
ing ; and after all, unworthy to come into CfXBr 
petition with Juvettal and Horace, 

After fuch terrible Accufitions, 'tis time to hear 
what his Patron Cafaubom can alledge in his Tk- 
fence. Indead of anfwering, he excules ibr tiie 
moftjpartj and when he cannot, accules o^erf cif 
the ume Crimes. He deals with Scahger, at a 

modetl 



The DE DICATION. hr 

eft Scholar with a Mafler. He CoiDph'ments 
nrith fo much Reverence, that one wou'd fwear 
ar^d him as much at leaft as he refpe&cd hjm. 
%er will not allow Perfiui to hate aav Wit : 
Mbon interprets this in the mildeft Senle; and 
ttCes his Author was not good at turning thin gs 
a pleafant Ridicule; or in other words^ that he 
not a laughable Writer. That he was inepttts^ 
xl, but that was non aptifftmus ad joeandum. 
that he was oftentatious of his Learning, that, 
cal/ger's good Favour, he denies. Perfitts 
'd his Learning, but was no Boafter of it ; he 
ifiotdercj but not oftentare ; and fi), he fays;, 
^caliger: Where, methinks, Cafauton turns it 
fomely upon that fupercilious Critick, and 
'ly infinuates, that he himfelf was fufficiently 
i-glorious; and a Boafler of his own Know- 
r. All the Writings of this Venerable Cenfor^ 
inues Cafaubon^ which are x^^^^ p^pt/^^rff-, 
I golden than Gold it felf, are every where 
line of that Thyme, which, like a Bee, he has 
nr'afrom ancient Authors: Butiarbe Often- 
a and Vain-glory fron^ a Gentlenoan, fo 

Born, and fo nobly Educated as S<:aliger. 

fays Scaligtr^ he is fo obfcure, that he na$ 
limfelf the Name oiScotinu?^ a dark Writer : 
V, fays Cafanbon^ *tis a wonder to me that any 
; cou'd be obfcure to the Divine Wit of Sea* 
; from which nothing cou'd be hidden. This 
deed a ftrong Compliment, but no Defence. 
Cafaubon^ who cou'd not but be feniible of 
iuthor's blind fiile, thinks it time to abandon a 
that was untenable. He acknowledges that 
IMS is obfcure in fbme Places : but fo is Plato^ 
I Thucydides; fo are Pindar^ Tbeocrhtts and 

^ophoftesj amongft the Grrf^. Poets; and even 

Horace 



.^ 



Ixvi The DEDICJ flO K. 

Horace and Juvenal A\t might have added, among! 
the Romans, The l>uth is, Perfins is not fomc 
times, but eenerally obfctire; and therefore Ca 
faubony at lalt, is forced to excufe him, by alledgitq 
that it was/# defendcndo^ for fear of Nero; and tht 
he was commanded to write fo cloudily by Cor 
nutusy in vcrtuc of holy Obedience to his Maflei 
I cannot help my own Opinion ; I think Comntu 
needed not to' have read many Leflures to him oi 
that Subjed. Ferfws was an apt Scholar; an 
when he was bidden to be obfcure in fome Placd 
where his Life and Safety were in quedion, too! 
the fame Counfel for all his Book; and never afta 
wards wrote ten Lines together clearly. Cafamboi 
being upon this Chapter, has not fail'd, we nrtt 
be lure, of making a Compliment to his ow 
dear Comment. If Perfius^ fays he, be in himfc 
obfcure, yet my Interpretation has made him ii 
telh'gible. There is no queAion but he de(enr( 
that Prailc, which he has given to himfelf : BattI 
nature of the thing, as Lttcretins fays, will not m 
mit of a perfcS Explanation. Befides many Exan 
pies which 1 cou'd urge, the very Igft Verfe of h 
lad Satyr, upon which he pirticularly values hin 
felf in his Preface, is not yet fufficiently explicate 
'Tis true. Holiday has endeavour'd to juftifie h 
Con(lru6tion ; but Stellnu isagainllit: And, f 
my part, I can have but a very dark Notion of i 
As for the Chaftity of his Thoughts, Cafaftbon d 
nies not but that one particular Paflage, in tl 
Fourth Satyr, At^ Ji unHns cejfcs^ &c. is not on 
the mod (^fcure, but the moll obfcene of all t 
Works : I undcrfiood it ; but for that Reafc 
tum'd it over. In defence of his boifterous M 
taphors, he ; quotes Lox^/yirj, who accounts the 
as Inftnuncats of the dublime; fit to moveai 



Tb^ DEDICATION. Ixviii 

up the Affedions, particularly in Narration. 

which it may be reply 'd, That where the 
ope is far fetch'd, and hard, 'tis fit for nothing 

to puzzle the Underftanding; and may te 
koa*d amongft thofe things of Demofthenes^ 
ich /Efchimes call'a ^AvyLtnA not pijutfrcc, ^hat is, 
Kiigies, not Words. 1 1 muft grancea to Cafaubonj 
t the Knowledge of many things is loft in our 
idern Ages, which were of familiar notice to 
Ancients ; and that Satyr is a Poem of a difficult 
are in it felf, and is not written to vulgar Rea- 
B. And through the relation which it has to 
oiedy, the frequent change of Perfons makes 
Senfe perplex'd ; when we can but divine who 
B that Ipeaks : Whether Perfius himfclf, or his 
end and Monitor ; or, in fome Places, a third 
:£on* But Cafaub^m comes back always to him- 
; and concludes, that if Perfius had not been 
care, there had been no need of him for an In-^ 
pieter. Yet when he had once enjoin'd him* 
(^mf lb hard a Task, he then confider'd the 
t€k. Proverb, that he mud ;^ixJrc$ ^duyef i yA 
)M4r either eat the whole Snail, or let it quite a* 
le; and (b he went through with his laborious 
ist^ as I have done with my difficult Tranflation. 
Thus far, my LfOrd,you fee it has gone very hard 
th Perfius : I think he cannot be allowed to (land 
competition, either with Juvenal or Horace, Yet, 
ronce, I will venture to befo vain, as to affirm, 
bat none of his bard Metaphors, or forc*d £x- 
effions, are in my Tranflation : But more of 
■ in its proper Place, where I (hall (ay fomewhat 
farticalar, of our general Performance, in ma<- 
wg theCb two Authors EngUp, In the mean 
oe, I think my felf oblig'd to give Perfius his 
i^oabced due^ and to acquaint the World with 



hviii ne DEDICATION. 

Cafaubon^ in what he has equaird, and in what 
cxceH'd his two Competitors. 

A Mtin who is refoIvM to praifc an AntHoc; 
with any appearance of Juflice, mud be fure to* 
take him on the (Irongelt tide, and where he is 
leaft liable to Exceptions. He is therefore obligM. 
to-chufe his Mediums accordingly: Cafauhon^ wno 
ftw that Perfiut cou'd not laugh with a becoming 
Grace, that he was not made tor Jefling, and thtf 
a merry Conceit was nor his Talent^ tnrn'd hii 
Feather, like an Indian^ to another Light, that he 
might give it the better Glofs. Moral Doflrine^ 
lays he, and Urbanity, or well-maiiner'd Wit, arc 
the two things which conflitute the Roman Satyr. 
But of the two, that which is moil eilential to 
this Poem, and is, as it were, the very Soul which 
animates it, is the fcoarging of Vice, and exhorta* 
tion to Virtue. Thus Wit, for a good Reafonj 
is already almod out of Doors; ana allowed onI|| 
for an Inftrument, a kind of Tool, or a Weapon 
as he calls it, of which the Satyrift makes jife, in 
the compaflkig of his Defign. The End and Afn 
of our Three Rivals, is confequently the fame 
But by what Methods they have proiecnted then 
■ Intention, is farther to be confiderM. Satyr is ol 
the nature of Moral Philofophy, as being in(lra£Hve : 
He therefore, who inftructs moft uiefuUy, will 
carry the Palm from his two Anta^onifts. Th< 
Philofophy in which Perftus was Educated, aqd 
which he profeflcs through his whole Book, il 
the Stoick: The mort Noble, moft Generoaa 
moft Beneficial to human Kind, amongft all thi 
SeSs, who have given us the Rules of Ethiques 
thereby to form a fevcre Virtue in the Soul ; tc 
raife in us an undaunted Courage, againft the A£ 
iaults of Fortune; to efteem as nothing the thing 

tha 



)EDICJriO N. Ixix 

tout us, becaufe they are aot in 
not to value Riches, Beauty, Ho- 
or Health, any farther than as Con- 
id fo many Helps to living as we 
inggood in our Generation, in (hort, 
happy, while we poflefs our Minds^ 
^onlcience, are free from the Slavery 
conform our Adions and Conver(a- 
ules of right 'Realbn. See here, my 
tome of EfiHetus ; the DoSrine of 
: Education of our Perjius. And this 
not only in all his Satyrs, but in the 
s Life. I will not leilen this Com* 
the Stoick Philofophy, by giving yoa 
3f fome Abfurdities in their Doctrine, 
rhaps Impieties, if we confider them 
ard of Chriftian Faith; Perfius has 
nc of them ; and therefore is free from 
tions. What he teaches, might be 
Pulpits, with more profit to the Au- 
all the nice Speculations of Divinity, 
crfies concerning Faith; which are 
Profit of the Shepherd, than for the 
fthe Flock. Paffion^ Intereft, AmW- 
their bloody Confequences of Difcord, 
are banifh'd from this Dofiicine. Here 
opos'd but the Quiet and Tranquility 
; Virtue lodg'd at home, and after- 
d in her eeneral EfFefts, to the Improve- 
ood of Human Kind. And xberefore 
t that the prcfent Bifhop of Salisbury 
*oded this our Author, and the Tenth 
nrriv/f/, in his Padoral JLettet, to the 
fiU and Pradiee of the I>iviaes in his 
the befl Common-Places for their Ser- 
: Store-houfes aud M^igazines x>f Moral 



Ixx fbe DEDlCjfr 

Virtues, from whence they may in 
have occafion, all manner of Affifls 
compliihment of a virtuous Life, yv 
have aiCgn'd for the great End an; 
Mankind. Herein then it is, that J 
cell'd both yuvemal and Horace. ] 
own Philofophy : He (hifts not (id( 
who is fometimes an EpicureoM^ fc 
iek', Ibmetimes an Etiediick ; as I 
mour leads him : nor declaims like \ 
Vices, more like an Orator, than 
Perfius is every where the fame ; tr 
ma's of his Mafter : What he has le 
vehemently ; and what he teache: 
&X&S himfclf. There is a Spirit of 
he lays : You may eaiily difcern t\ 
neft, and is perfwaded of that T 
- inculcates* In this I am of Opini 
eels Horace^ who is commonly in , 
while he inftruds : And is equal to 
was as honed and ferious as Perfik 
cou'd not be. 

Hitherto I have follow'd Cafauho 
upon him ; becaufe I am fatisfy'd 
more than Truth ; the reft is almc 
For he fays that Horace being the 
gatherer, or a CoUedor, as we call 
whereof the Meannefs of his Birth 
His Conceits are vul^, like the 
Satyrs; that he does P/#^r/«;»y4t^^ 
not with that Elevation, which becc 
That Pearfius being Nobly born, am 
Faoiily, had likewife the advantage 
fter ; CogmUus being the mofi .Lear] 
a Maa of a mod Holy Life, th 
Stoick SdSi at R^mc \ and not ooil 



^B DEDICJTIO N. Ixxi 

T, but a Poet him&lf ; and in probability a 
ljutor of Perjius, That, as for Juvenal^ he 
lone; a Declaimer, came late to Poetry, and 
not been much converfant in Philofophy. 
'is granted that the Father of Horace was Li* 
«irx, that is, one degree removM from his 
odfather, who had been once a Slave: But 
icf, fpeaking of him, gives him the bed Cha- 
ff of a Father, which I ever read in Hiftory ; 
. I wifh a witty Friend of mine now living had 
h another. He bred him in the bed School, 

I with the bcft Company of young Noblemen. 
iUorjce^ by his Gratitude to his Memory, ^ives 
fcrtain Tefiimony that his Education was ingc- 
OQs. After this, he formM himfelf abroad, by 
: CoQverf^tioQ of Great Men. Brutus found 
littAihcns, and was fo pleasM with him, that 
took him thence into the Army, and made hhn 
itatnu Militifm^ a Colonel in a Legion, which 
IS the Preferment of an Old Soldier. All this 

II before his Acquaintance with Mccauas^ and 
• IntroduQion into the Court of Augufius^ and 
B Familiarity of thai Great Emperor^ which, had 
ttX been well-bred before, had been enough to 
'ilBe his Converfation, and render him accom- 
Vd and knowing in all the Arts of Complacent 
odgood Behaviour ; and, in fhort, an agreeable 
Vnpanion for the retired Hours and Privacies of 
^avourite, who was Fird Minider. So that, up* 
Ac whole matter, Perfius may be acknowledged 
be equal with him, in thole Refpeds, tho' bet- 
born, and Juvtnal inferior to both. If the ad- 
[tige be any where, 'tis on the fide of Ihrace ; 
^h as the Court of Augujlus defar^ was fu- 
iQr to that of Nero. As for the Subjedls which 
i treated^ It will appear herc^ter, that ti<frace^ 



ixxii The DEDICATION. 

writ not vulgarly on vulgar Subjcfts, nor always 
chofc them. His Style is conftantly accommoda- 
ted to this SubjcS, either high or low: If his Fault 
be too much Lownefs, that of Perfius is the Fault 
of the hardnefs of his Metaphors, and Oblcurity : 
And fo they are equal in the Failings of their 
Style ; Vfhctejuveffal manifeftly triumphs over both 
of them. 

The Comparifon betwixt Horace and Jttvenal 
is more difficult ; becaufe their Forces were more 
equal : A Difpute has always been, and ever will 
continue, betwixt the Favourers of the twoPoets. 
Hon noftrum eft t ant as componere lites, I Ihall on- 
\y venture to give my own Opinion, and leave it 
for better Judges to determine. If it be only ar- 
gu'd in general, which of riiem was the better Po- 
et; the Viflorv is already eain'd on the fide of 
Horace, f^rgil himfelf muft yield to him In the 
Delicacy of his Turns, his choice of Words^ and 
perhaps the Purity of his Latin. He who fijrs 
that Pindar is inimitable, is himfelf inimitable m 
his Odes. But the Contention betwixt thefe two 

Seat Matters, is for the Prize of Satyr : In which 
ontroverfv, all the Odes and Epodes of H&rsct 
^re to (land excluded. I fav this, becaufe Horaef 
-has written many of them Satyn'cally, againft his 
private Enemies : Yet thefe, if juftly confiderM, 
are fomewhat of the Nature of the Greek SiW^ 
which were InvcSives againft particular SeSs and 
Perfons. But Horace had purgM himfelf of this 
Cholcr, before he entered on thofe DifcourfeS) 
which arc more properly callM the Roman Satyr : 
He has not now to do with a Lyce^ a Camdis^ a 
Caffius Severus^ or a Menas ; but is to corrcft the 
Vices and the Follies of his Time, and to give 
the Rules of a happy und virtuous Life. In t 

word, 



i 



rhe DEDICATION. Ixxiii 

irord, that former fort of Satyr, which is known 
d Ewgland by the Name of Lampoon, is a dan* 
]crous fort of Weapon, and for the moft part un- . 
iwfol. We have no moral Right on the Rcpu- 
itjon of other Men. *Tis taking from them 
rhat we cannot reftore to them. There are only 
YO Reafons, for which we may be permitted to 
rite Lampoons ; and I will not promifc that they 
m always juftify us : the fird is Revenge, when 
e have been affronted in the fame nature, or have 
rea any ways notorioufly abus'd, and can make 
IT felves no other Reparation. And yet we 
low, that, in Chriftian Charity, all Offences are 
I be forgiven, as we cxpeS the like Pardon for 
lofe which we daily commit againft Almighty 
!OD. And this Confideration has often made 
K tremble when I was faying our Saviour's Pray- 
*; for the plain Condition of the' Forgivenels 
Uch we beg, is the pardoning of others the Of* 
noes which they have done to us : For which 
tcilbn I have many times avoided the CommilG- 
n of that Fault, even when I have been notori- 
nfly provokM. Let not this, my Lord, pais for 
Juatj in me; for 'tis Truth. More Libels have 
cm written againft me, than almod any Man 
low living : And I had Reafon on my fide, to have 
Icfeoded my own Innocence : I fpeak not of my 
'betrj, which I have wholly given up to the Cri- 
icks; let them ufe it as they pleafe; Poftcrity, 
Perhaps, may be more favourable to me : For In* 
creft and Paifion will lie bury'd in another Age; 
Mi Partiality and Prejudice be forgotten. I fpealc 
)f my Morals, which have been fumciently afpers'd ; 
felt, only fort of Reputation ought to be dear to 
nroy honeft Man, and is to me. But let the 
KTorld witncfi for me, that I hare been often 



Ixxiv ne DEDICATION. 

wanting to my felf in that particular ; I have fcl- 
dom anfwerM any fcurrilous Lampoon ; when it 
was in my Power to have cxpos'd my Enemies : 
And being naturally vindicative, have fufferM in 
filence, and poffefs'd my Soul in quiet. 

Any thing, tho' never fo little, which a Man 
fpeaks of Wmfelf, in my Opinion, is ftilltoomuch: 
and therefore I will wave this Subjed, and proceed 
to give the fecond Reafon, which may jafti^ t 
Poet, when he writes againft a particular PerK>n; 
and that is, when he is become a Publick Noifknce. 
And thole, whom Horace in his Satyrs, andP^r* 
jfius and Juvenal have mention'd in thein, with a 
Brand of Inftmy, are wholly fuch. *TisaQAdi- 
on of Virtue to make Examples of vidous Men. 
They may and ought to be upbraided with their 
Crimes and Follies : Both for their own Amend* 
ment, if they are not yet incorrigible; and for the 
Terror of others, to hinder them from falling in- 
to thofc Enormities, which they fee are fo fevcreJf . 
puni(h*d, in the Perfons of others. The firft Rea- 
fon was only an Excufe for Revenge ; but this fe- 
cond is abfolutely of a Poet's OflScc to perform : But 
how few Lampooners are there now living, who 
arc capable of this Duty ? When they come fa my 
way, 'tis impoflible fometimes to avoid reading 
chem. But, good-God ! how remote they are in 
common JulUcc, from the Choice of fuch rerlbnr 
as are the proper Subjeft of Satyr ! And how little 
Wit they bringt for the fupport of their Injuftice! 
The wcEUcer Sex is thev mod ordinary Theme ; and 
the befi and faireft are fure to be the mod ftverelf 
handled. Amongft Men, thole who are prol^ 
roully unjufl, are intitled to Panegyrick : But af^ 
Aided Virtue is infoleatly ftabb'd with all manner 
^Reproaches \ no Decency is confider'd, no Fidp 

1bcDaiie& 



ne DEDIC ATION. Ixxr 

menefs omitted ; no Venom is wanting, ti ^ 
Dulnefs can fupply it : For there is a perpetw 
earth of Wit; a Barrennefs of good Senfe and 
itertainment. The negled of the Readers, will 
on put an end to this fort of fcriUing. There 
n be no Pleafantry where there is no Wit : No 
ipreflion can be made, where there is no Truth 
r the Foundation. To conclude, they are like 
5 Fruits of the Earth in this unnatural Seafon; 
be Com which held up its Head, is Ipoil'd with 
inknefs ; but the greater part of the H^ed is 
d along, and little of good Income and whole* 
me Nourifhment is rcceiv'd into the Barns. This 
alnioft a Digreffion, I coufefs to your Lordihip ; 
It a juft Indignation forc'd it from me. Now I 
tre removM this Rubbifh, I will return to the 
(rniparilbn of Juvenal and Horace. 
I wouM willingly diride the Palm betwixt them ; 
)oa the two Heads of Profit and Delight, which 
t the two Ends of Poetry in general. It muft be 
wtDi by the Favourers of Juvenal^ That Horace 
the more copious and profitable in his In(lru£li- 
DS of Human Life : But in my particular Opini- 
D, which I fet not up for a Standard to better 
HQgments, Juvenal is the more delightful Author* 
am profited by both, I am pleasM with both; but 
owe more to Horace^ for my Inftrudion ; and 
pore to Juvenal^ for my Pleafure. Tliis, as I 
lid, is my particular Tafte of thefe two Authors : 
rhcy who will have either of them to excel the 
Aer in both Qualities, can fcarce give better Rea- 
bos for their Opinion, than I for mine : But all 
nbiafi'd Readers, will conclude, that my Mode* 
tiOQ is not to be condemned : To fuch impar* 
id Men I muft appeal : For thejr who have al* 
ttiy formM tbdr Jod^ent, may juiUi ftdiviLCv3(& 



Ixxvi ne DED/CjriON. 

Sefied of Prejudice ; and tho* all who are my B 
er$, will fet up to be my Judges, I enter : 
Caveat againft them, that they ought not fo mi 
as to be of my Jury ; Or, if they be admitted, 
but Reafon that they ihould firft bear what 1 h: 
to urge in the Defence of my Opinion. 

That Horace is fomewhat the better InftruSor 
the two, is prov'd from hence, That his Inftrui 
ons are more general ; JuvenaPs more limit 
So that granting, that the Counfels which theyg 
are equally good for Moral Ufe ; Horace^ -w 
gives the moft various Advice, and moll applica 
to all Occafions which can occur to us in i 
Courfe of our Lives ; as including in his Difco 
fes, not only all the Rules of Morality, but a 
of Civil Converfation ; is, undoubtedly, to 
preferred to him, who is more circumfcrib'd in 
inftruSions, makes them to fewer People, ^d 
fewer Occafions, than the other. I may be p 
don'd for uling an old Saying, fince *tis true, a 
to the purpofe, Bonum quo communius^ ea melt 
Juvenal^ excepting only his firft Satyr, is in 
thereft confin'd, to the expofingof fome particu 
Vice ; that he lafhes, and there he (licks. His S< 
tences are truly fhining and inflrudive : But tl 
are Iprinkl'd here and there. Horace is teaching 
in every Line, and is perpetually Moral ; he 1 
found out the Skill of Virgil^ to hide his Sjcnti 
cies : To give you the Virtue of them, with! 
fhewing them in their full Extent : Which is i 
Oftentation of a Poet, and not his Art : And t 
Petronius charges on the Authors of his Time, 
a Vice of Writing, which was thenjaprowing on I 
Age. Ne Seutentia extra Corptts Orationis emi 
dnt ; He wou'd have them weavM into the fie 
of die Work, and not appear cmbo&'4 upon 



fbe DEDICATION. Ixxvii 

nd ftriking diredly on the Reader's View. Folly 
iras the proper Quarry of Horace^ and not Vice : 
find, as there are but few notoriouily wicked 
Men, in Comparifbn with a Shoai of Fools and 
Fops ; fb 'tis a harder thing to make a Man wife, 
than to make him honeft : For the Will is only to 
be reclaim'd in the one; but the Underftanding is 
K) be infbrm'd in the other. There are Blind-fides 
md Follies, even in the Profeffors of Mor^ Phi* 
bfbphy ; and there is not any one Sed of them 
liat Horace has not expos'd. Which, as it was 
lot the Defign of Juvenal^ who was wholly em- 
)loy'd in lafliing Vices, fome of them the mod 
normous that can be imagined ; to^ perhaps, it 
fas not (b much his Talent. Omne vafer vitium 
Uenti Flaccus amico^ tangit^ ^ adm'sjfus drcnm 
r^cordia ludst. This was the Commendatiou 
rhich Perjius gave him : Where by Vitium^ he 
oeans thofe little Vices, which we call Follies, 
lie Dcfeds of Human Under (landing, or at mo ft 
he Piccadillo's of Life, rather than the Tragical 
Hces, to which Men are hurry'd by their unruly 
Viffions and exorbitant Defires. But in the Word 
)«M*, which is univerfal^ he concludes with me, 
lat the Divine Wit of Horace left nothing un* 
ooch'd ; that he entered into the inmofl ReccfTcs 
t Nature ; found out the ImperfeSions even of 
he moft V/ife and Grave, as well as of the Com* 
Don People; difcovering, even in the great Trcba^ 
huj to whom he addreflfes the firfl Satyr, his hunt* 
Dg after Bufinefs, and following the Court, as well 
i in the Perlecutor CriffmM^ his Impertinence 
nd Importunity. 'Tis true, he cxpofes Crifpimus 
ipcnly, as a common Nuifance : But he rallies 
oe other as a Friend, more finely. The Exhor- 
Mfons of Pcrfim are confin'd to Noblemen : And 

c 3 tiftfc 



- <i 



Ixxviii ne DEDlCjt T 10 It. 

the Stoick , Philofophy is that alone which he 
commeiKls to them : "Juvenal exhorts to particu 
Virtues, as they are opposM to thofe Vices agai 
ivhich he declaims : mt Horace laughs to (hame 
Follies, aiid infinuates Virtue, rather by £uni] 
Examples, than by the feverity of Precepts. 

This lad Confideration feems to incline the I 
lance on the fide of Horace^ and to give him i 
Preference to Juvenal^ not onlv in Profit, but 
Pleafure. But, after all, I muft confefi, that i 
Delight which Horace gives me, is but languifliii 
Be pleas'd dill to underdand, that I fpeak of j 
own Tafte only : He may ravifli other Men ; 1 
I am too dupid and infenfible to be tickl'd. V^ 
J. he barely grins himfelf, and, as Scaliger fays, oi 
ihews his white Teeth, he cannot provoke me 
any Laughter. His Urbanity, fthat is, his Gc 
Manners, are to be commended, but his Wit is fail 
and his Salt, if I may dare to fay fb^ almod \vi&\ 
; Juvenal is of a more Vigorous and Mafculine\^ 
. he gives me as much Pleafure as I can bear: '. 
fully fatisfies my ExpeSation; he treats his Subj 
home : His Spleen is rais'd, and he raifes mine 
have the Pleafure of Concernment in all he fa 
He drives his Reader along with him ; and wl 
he is at the end of his way, I willingly dop ifi 
him. If he went another Stage, it wbu'd be t 
far, it wou'd make a Journey of a Progrefs, t 
turn Delight into Fatigue. When he gives o^ 
'tis a fign the Subjed is exhauded, and the "V 
of Man can carry it no farther. If a Fault can 
judly found in him, 'tis that he is fometimes t 
luxuriant, too redundant ; lays more than he nee 
like my Friend the P lam-Dealer^ but never m< 
than pleafes. Add to this, that his Thoughts 
as jud as thofe of Horate^ and much more ele 



rb€ DEDICATION. Ixxix 

ted. His Exprcffions are Sonorous and more No- 
ble; bis Verfc more numerous, and his Words are 
fQitable to his Thoughts, fublime and lofty. AH 
thele contribute to the Pleafure of the Reader ; and 
the greater the Soul of him who reads, his Tran- ^ 
Iports are the " jgreiater. Horace is always on the ;'' 
amble, Juvenal on the gallop ; but his way is per- 
petually on Carpet-ground. He goes with more 
impetuofity than Horace^ but as fecurely; and the 
Swiftnefs adds a more lively Agitation to the Spi- 
rits. The low Style of Horace is according to his 
Sobjed, that is generally grovely : I qoeftion not 
hit he cou'd have raised it : For the Firft Epiftleof 
the Second Book, which he writes to ^uruflus, 
U molt inftrudive Satyr concerning PoetryJ is of 
K) much Dignity in the Words, and ot fo much 
Elegancy in the Numbers, that the Author plainly 
iliews, the Sermo Pedeftris^ in his other Satyr8,-»» 
ivas rather his Choice than his Neceflity. He was 
t Rival to Lucilfus his Predeeeflbr, and was re* 
(blv'd to Iurpa(s him in his o^n manner. Luciliufy 
IS we fee by his remaining Fragments, minded nei- 
ther his Style nor his Numbers, nor his Purity of 
Words, nor his Run of Verfe. Horace therefore 
copes with him in that humble way of Satyr ; 
writes under his own Force, and carries a dead 
Wei^t, that he'maf match his Competitor in the 
Race. This I imagine was the chief Rcafon, why 
1)6 minded only the Clearnels of his Satyr ^ 
and the Cleannefs of ExprefBon, without af- 
oending to thofe Heights, to which his own 
Vigour might have carry'd him. But limiting his 
Deures only to the Conqueft of Lucilius^ he had 
die Ends of his Rival, who liv'd before him ; but 
made way for a new Conqueft over himfelf, by 
Jnvenal. his Succor. He cou'd not give an equal 



I 



Ixxx The D ED I CAT 10 N. 

Pleafure to his Reader, becaufe he us'd not equal 
Initraments. The Fault was in the Tools, and 
not in the Workman. But Verfificationand Nam- 
bers, are the greateft Pleafurcs of Poetry: Vhr^ 
knew it, and pra£tis'd both fo happily, that rot 
ought I know, his greateft Excellency is in his 
DiSion. In all other Parts of Poetry, is faultlefi; 
but in this he placM his chief Perfection. And gi?e 
mc leave, my Lord, fince I have here an apt Oc^ 
caiion, to fay, that VirgH cou*d have written flitr- 
per Satyrs, than either Horace or Juvenal^ if he 
wou'd have employed his Talent that way. I will 
produce a Verfe and half of his, in one of his E- 
-clogues, to juftify my Opinion; and with Cojwi^// 
after every Word, to fhew, that he has given al- 
inoft as many Lafhes, as he has written Syllables; 
'tis againft a bad Poet, whofe ill Verfes he de- 
fcribes : Nou tu^ in triviss^ 'tndoSe^ folebas^ftri* 
dentf^ tntferum^ ftipuls^ dtfperdere carmen ? But to 
return to my Purpofe, when there is any thing de- 
ficient in Numbers, and Sound, the Reader is un« 
eafy, and un(atisfy'd; he wants fomething of hii 
Complement, defires fomewhat which he finds not: 
And this being the manifeft DefeS of Horace^ *ti« 
no wonder, that finding it fupplyM in Juvenal^ 
we are more delighted with him. And befides thif| 
the Sauce of Juvenal is more poignant, to create 
in us an Appetite of reading him. The Meat of 
Horace is more nourifhing ; but the Cookery of 
Juvenal more exquifite ; fb that granting Horaee 
to be the more general Philofopher, we cannot 
deny that Juvenal y7^s the greater Poet, I mean in 
Satyr, His Thoughts are (harper, his indignation 
againft Vice is more vehement ; his Spirit has more 
of the Conrmion'Wealth Genius ; he treats Tyran- 
ny, and all the Vices attending it, as they deferve^ 

with 



^ DEDICATION. Ixxxi 

^ith the utmoft Rigour : and confequently a N"o 
blc Soul is better pleasM witha lealous Vindicator 
of Roman Liberty, than with a temporizing Poet, 
a Wcll-mannerM Court-flave, and a Man who is 
often afraid of laughing in the right Place; who is 
ever decent, becauie he is naturally fervile. After 
all, Horace had the Difadvantage of the Times in 
which he liv'd ; they were better for the Man, but 
worfc for the Satyrift. 'Tis generally faid, that 
thofc enormous Vices which were pra£lis'd under 
the Reign of Domltian^ were n(n known in the 
time of Amguftus Cafar : That therefore Juvenal 
had a larger Field than Horace, Little Follies 
were out of doors, when Opprcffion was to be 
icouig*d inftead of Avarice; it was no longer 
time to turn into Ridicule the falfe Opinions of 
Philolbphers, when the Roman Liberty was to be 
alKrted. There was more need of a Brutus in 
Domitiaffs DzfSj to redeem or mend, than of a ^0- 
TMcty if he had theni^een living, to laugh at a Fly- 
Catcher. This Reflcfiion at the fame time excu- 
fo Horace^ but exalts Juvenal. I hav^ ended, be- 
fhre I was aware, the Comparifon of Horace and 
Jmvemalj upon the Topicks of Pleafure and De- 
IHit; and indeed, I may fafely here conclude that 
C&mmon-place : for if we make Horace our Mi- 
niftcr of State in Satyr, and Juvenal of our pri- 
vate Pleafures ; I think the latter has no ill Bargain 
rf It. Let Profit have the Preheminence of Ho- 
nour, in the End of Poetry. Pleafure, tho' but the 
lecond in Degree, is the firft in Favour. And who 
wou*d not chufe to be lov*d better, rather than to 
be more efeem'd ? But I am enter'd already upon 
another Topiaue ; which concerns the particular 
Merits of thefe two Satyrifts. However, I will 
pvfiie my Bufineft where I left it j and carry it far* 



Ixxxii fbeDEDICJTION. I 

Cher than that commoB Obfervation of the feveni 
Ages in which thefe Authors flouriihM. Whett f 
Horace writ his Satyrs^ the Monarchy of his Cafa \ 
was in its newncfs, and the Government but juft 1 
made ealy to the conquered People. They oouM i 
not polfibly have forgotten the Ufurpation of that i 
Prince upon their Freedom, nor the violent Mc» J 
thods which he had usM, in the compaffine that vaft ) 
Defign: They yet remembefd his Profcriptions, j 
and the Slaughter of fo many noble Rowans their i 
Defenders. Amongft the reft, that horrible Adi- 
on of his, when he forc'd Livsa from the Arms of 
her Husband, who was couftrainM to lee her mu* 
ry'd, as Dion relates the Story, and, big with Child 
as (he was, conveyM to the Bed of his infulting, 
Rival. The lame Dion Caffius gives us another 
Inftance of the Crime before mention^ : That Cor^' 
Melius Sifenna^ being reproached in full Senate, witk 
the licencious Condu^ of his Wife, return'd this 
jAnfwer ; That he had marryM her by the Ck)un£bl 
of Auguflus : Intimating, &ys my Author, that 
Auguflus had obligM him to that Marriage, that be 
miSit, under that Covert, have the more free Ac- 
cefi unto her. His Adulteries were ftill before 
their Eyes, but they muft be patient, where they 
had not Power. In other things that Emperor was 
moderate enough: Propriety was generally (ecur'd; 
and the People entertained with publick Shows, and 
Donatives, to make them more eafily digeft their 
loft Liberty. But Augujius^ who was conicious to 
himfetf, of fo many Crimes which he had commit- 
ted, thought in the &ft Place to provide for his own 
Reputation, by makine an EdiS againft Lampoons 
and Satyrs, and the Authors of ihofe defamatory 
Writings, which my Author Tacitus^ from the 
Law-Term, calls fatnofos Ubellas.^ 

In 



The DEDICJT ION. Ixxxiii 

In the firft Book of his Annals^ he gives the fol«* 
>wing Account of it, in thefe Words : Primus 
^ugufims cognMonem de fdmofis libellis fpecie legit 
MSy tra£tavit\ commBtus CafftiSeveri libidine^qua 
tros futminafqui inlujires^ procacibus fcriptis diffa" 
averat. Thns in Etfglijb : ^ Auguftus was the SrA^ 
who under the Colour of that Law took Cogni-- 
(knee of Lampoons ; being provok'd to it, bv the 
Petulancy of Uaffius Sever us, who had defam'd ma- 
ny illuflrious Perfons of both Sexes, in his Wri- 
tiDgs.' The Law to which T'acitus refers, was 
ex Ufa Majeftasis ; commonly caird, for the fakip 
F Brevity, majejias; or, as we fay, HighTrcafon ; 
[e means not that this Law had not been Enafled 
trmerly : For it had been made by the Decemviri^ 
id was inlcrib'd amongit the reft in the Twelve 
'ables ; to prevent the Afperiion of the Ramsu 
laje&y, either of the People themfelves, or their 
eligion, or then: Magiftrates : and the Infringe* 
teUt of it was Capital ; that is, the Offender was 
hipt to Death, with the Fafcesy which were born 
fore thdr chief Officers of Sonre. But Auruftus 
as the firft, who reftorM that intermitted Law ; 
jT the Words, Under Colour of that Law., he in* 
luates that Augujius causM it to be executed, on 
etence of thofc Libels, which were written by 
njfius Severusy againft the Nobility : But. in truth, 
I fave himfclf firom fuch defamatory Verlcs. Sue^ 
nius likewife makes mention of it thus : Sjarfos 
fe in Curia famofos Ubellos, nee expavitj ^ntag^ 
I curd redarguh, Af ne requifitis quidem AuSo" 
bus, id modo cenfuit, eogHofcetidum poji hacy dc 
r qui libelks ant carmina ad infamiam cujuf^iam fub 
ieno nomine edant. Augujius was not afraid of LAr 
:1s, fays that Author: Yet he took all care ima- 
uable to have thorn anOver'dj and then decreed. 



Ixxxivr neDEDICjriON. 

that for the time to come, the Authors of them 
ihou*d be punilh'd . but Aurelius makes it yet motA 
clear, according to my Senfe, that this Emperorfbfr 
his own lake durft not permit them : Fecit id ^^^ 
ft us in jpectem ; ^ ifuafi gnatificaretur Popmlo Jiff* 
mam J df Primonhus urbis ; fed revera ut fibt coin 
fuleret : Nam habuit in animo^ comprimere mimium 
qaorundam procdcitatem in loquendo^ a qui nee ipft 
exempt us fuit. Nam fuo nomine compefcere. tret 
invidiofum^ fub alieno facile fcf utik. Ergo fpecie 
legis tradavitj quafi Populi Romani Mi^^las eufor^ 
maretur. This, I think, is a fufEcient Comment 
on that Paflage of Tacitus ; I will add only by the 
^ay, that the whole Family of the Cafars^ and all 
their Relations, were included in the Law; becaule 
the Majefty of the Romans in the time of the Em- 
^re was wholly in that Houfe: Omnia Cafar eraii 
They were all accounted fiicred who belonged to 
him. As for Cajfius Severus, he was contempora- 
ry with Horace; and was the fame Poet aeainft- 
whom he writes in his Epodes, under this Title, lu 
Cajffiam Severum Makdicum Poetam ; Perhaps in- 
tending to kill two Crows, according to our Pro- 
verb, with one Stone ; and revenge botK himfelf 
and his Emperor together. 

From hence I may reafonably conclude, That 
Auguftusy who was not altogether fo good as he 
ivas wife, had (bme By-refpe£l in the enading of 
this Law : For to do any thing for nothing, was 
pot his Maxim. Horace^ as he was a Courtier, 
comply 'd with the Intereit of his Mafter; and a* 
voiding the hihing of greater Crimes, confined him-* 
felf to the ridiculing of petty Vices and comrnoit 
Follies; excepting only fomc referv'd Cafes^ in 
his Odts and Epodes^ of his own particular Oiiar* 
Kls i which either with Pemuffioa of the Magt- 

({rate, 



«* DEDICATION. Ixxxv 

."e, or without it, everv Man will revenge^ 
' I lay not chat heflioald: for prior iafif^ is a 
d Excnle in the Civil Law, if Chriftianity had 
taught ns to forgive. However, he was not 
proper Man to arraign great Vices, at leaft {f 
Stories which we hear of htm are true, that he 
aifed fome, which I Will not here mention, 
of Honour to him. It was not for a Clodims to 
die Adulterers, efpedally when jluguftus was 
that Number: So that tho' his Age was not 
mpted from the word of Villanies, there was 
Freedom left to reprehend them, by rcaftn 
the Edid. And our Poet was not fit to repre- 
t them in an odious Charader, becaufe himfelf 
s dipt in the fame Anions. Upon this Account, 
hout farther infifting on the different Tempers 
JmvemMl and Horact^ I conclude, that the oub- 
:s which Horaa chole for Satyr, are of a 
^er Nature than thofe of which Juvfnal has 
ttcn. 

Thus I have treated, in a new Method, the 
mparifon betwixt Hor^e^ Juvenal^ and Per* 
; fomewhat of their particular Manner belong- 
to all of them is yet remaining to be confic^- 
. Perfius was Grave, and particularly oppofed 
Gravity to Lewdnefs, which was the predomi- 
it Vice in Nero^% Court, at the time when he 
»liih'd his Satyrs, which was before that Em* 
or fell into the Excefs of Cruelty. Horace was 
nild Admoniiher, a Court-Satyrift, fit for the 
itle Times of Anguflus^ and more fit, for the 
afons which I have already given. Juvenal was 
proper for his Times, as they for theirs: His 
It an Age that deferv'd a more fevere Chaftife- 
rot ; Vices were more grofs and open, more fla- 
ious, more encoorag'd by the Example of a Ty- 



i 



hxKvi fbe DEDICjriON. 

J rant, and more protefled by his Authoritj. Ther 
"'^' toKj whcrcfocvcr Juvenal mentions Nero^ I 
means Domitian^ whom he dares not attack^ in ti 
own Pcrfon, but fcourges him by Proxy* Heii 
Jlus urges in praife of Horace^ that according i 
the ancient Art and Law of Satyr, it £hon*a I 
nearer to Comedy than to Tragedy ; notdeclaimif 
againft Vice, but only laughing at it. Neither P« 
Jius nor Juvenal were ignorant of this, for th< 
had both (ludied Horace. And the thing it felf 

Elainly true. But as they had read Horace^ th( 
ad Kkewifc read Lucilius^ of whom Perfins fiy 
fecult Urhem ; ^ genuinunt fregh in illis; mea) 
ing Mutius and Lupus : And Juvenal alfo mei 
tions him in thefe Words : Enfe velniflriSo^ qu 
ties Lu^lius ardens Infremuit^ &c. .So that thi 
thought the Imitation oiLucilius was more propi 
to their purpofe than that of Horace. They chanj 
ed Satyr, fays Holiday ; but they chang'd it for tl 
better: For the Buiinefs being to reform gre 
Vices, Chajdifement goes farther than Admon 
tion ; whereas a perpetual Grinn, like that of H 
race^ does rather anger than amend a Man. 

Thus ht that Learned Critick, Barten HoUda 
whole Interpretation and Illuflrations of Juven 
are as excellent, as the Verfe of his Tranflatic 
and his Englijh are lame and pitiful. For 'tis n< 
enough to give us the Meaning of a Poet, whi( 
I acknowledge him to have performed moft faiti 
jully ; but he muit alfo imitate his Genius, and h 
Numbers, as far as the Engltftj will come up i 
the Elegance of the Original. In few Words, *i 
only for a Poet to tranilate a Poet. Holiday ai 
f Stafylton had not enough confidered this, wh< 
they attempted Juvenal: But I forbear KefleSion 
Cflly I beg leave to take notice of this Seutenc 

whei 



TbeDEDICJTION. kxxvii 

where Holiday fays, Aftrpetttal Grinn^ like that of 
Horace, rather sogers than amemds a Man. I cannot 
give bim up the Manoer o( Horace in low Satyr fo 
olily: Let the Challifements of 3^/irt;^;f^benever 
lb necellary for his new Kind of Satyr ; let him 
declaim as wittily and fharply as he pleales, yet (till 
the nic«ft and mod delicate touches of Satyr con«* 
fid in fine Raillery. This, my Lord, is your parti* 
Cttlar Talent, to which even Juvenal could no6 
arrive. ' Pis not Reading, 'tis not Imitation of an 
Author, which can proouce this Finenefi : It muft 
be inborn, it mufl^roceed from a Genius, and 
particular way of Thinking, which is not to be 
taught ; and therefore not to be imitated by him 
who has it not bova, Nature : How cafie it ii ta 
call Rogue and Villain, and that wittily ! But how 
hard to make a Man appear a Fool^ a Blockhead, 
or a Knave, without ufing any of thole opprobri-* 
ous Terms ! To fpare the groflhefs of the Names,, 
and to do the thing yet more fever el y, is to draw 
a full Face, and to nuJce the Nofe and Cheeks 
ftand out, andyet not to emjploy any Depth of 
Shadowing. This is the Myflery of that Noble 
Trade ; which yet no Mafter can teach to his Ap- 
prentice : He may give the Rules, but the Sx:holar 
is never the nearer in his Practice. Neither is it 
trae, that this Finenels of Raillery is offenfive. A 
witty Man is tickled while he is hurt in thi& Man* 
ner; and a Fool feels it not. The occafion of aa 
Offence. may pofiibly be given, but he cannot take 
it. If it be eranted, that in Effed this way does 
more MifchTef ; that a Man is fecretly wounded, 
and tho* he be not fenfible himfelf, yet the mali«> 
cioos World will find it for him : Yet there is dill 
a Taft difference betwixt the flovenly Butchering of 
a Maoy and the Fineneis of a Stroke that feparates 



Ixsnvii'i fhe DJiDtCjitib N, 

the Head from the Body, and leaves It ftanding 
its Place. A Man may be capable, as Jack Ketd 
Wife laid of his Servant, of a plain Piece 
Work, a bare Hanging; but to make a Malefefl 
die fweetly, was only belonging to her Husbac 
I wifh I could apply it to my lelf; if the Reaci 
, tvould be kind enough to think it belongs to n: 
' The Charaftcr of Zimri in my Abfalom^^Sj in r 
Opinion, worth the whole Poem : *Tis not bio 
dy, but 'tis ridiculous enough : And he for who 
it was intended, was too witty- to rcfent it as j 
Injury. If I had railM, I might have fuffer'd for 
juftly ; but I managed mine own Work more ha 
pily, perhaps more dextroufly. I avoided the me 
tion of great Crimes, and apply*d my fcif to tl 
reprefentmg of Blind-fides, and little Extravagai 
ces : To which, the wittier a Man is, he is g 
nerally the more obnoxious. Itfucceeded as I wif 
ed ; the Jeft went round, and he was laugh'd at i 
his Turn who began the Frolick; 

And thus, my Lord, you fee I have prefcrr 
the Manner of Horace:, and of your Lordfliip, 
this kind of Satyr, to that o£ Juvenal; and I thin! 
rcafonably. Holiday ought not to have arraigns 
fo great an Author, for that which was his E: 
cellency and his Merit : Of if he did, on fuc 
a palpable Miftake, he might erpcSt that fome ot 
might poffibly arife, either in his own time, or a 
. tcr him, to reSify his Error, and reftore to Horai 
that Commendation, of which he has fo unjuft] 
robb*d him. And let the Maftes of Juvenal fo 
give me, if I fay, that this way of Horace was th 
peft for amending Manners, as it is the moft df 
ficult. His was, an Enfe rejcindendum ; but thj 
of Horace was a pleafant Cure, with all the Liml 
prelerv'd entire ; and, as our Mountebanks tell* i 



ne DED ICJriON. Ixxxix 

their Bills, \irithoat keeping the Patient witliiti 
»rs for a Day. What they promife only, Ha-- 
e has efiednally perform'd : Yet I contradi£l 
t the Propofiton which I formerly advanc'd : 
unaTs Times rcquir'd a more painful kind of 
eration : Bot if he had lived in the Age of /f^- 
r, I muft needs affirm, that he had it not about 
I. He took the Method which was prefer ib*d 
I by 'his own Genius; which was fharp and ea- 
; he could not rally, but he could declaim : 
i as his Provocations were great, he has re- 
(>'d them tragically. This notwithftanding, I 
to Iky another Word, which, as true as it is, 
I yet difpleafe the partial Admirers of our Ho^ 
\ I have hinted it before ; but 'lis Time for 
now to fpeak more plainly, 
"his Manner of Horace is indeed the bed ; but 
4ce has not executed it altogether fo happily, 
eaft not often. The Manner of Juvinal is 
G:fled to be inferior to the former ; but Jitvi'- 
has excelled him in his Performance. Jttvenal 
raird more wittily than Horace has rally'd. 
ace means to make his Reader laugh ; but he 
oc (ore of his Experiment. Juvenal always 
ads to move your Indignation; and be always 
gs about his Purpofe. Horace^ for ought I 
vr, might have tickled the People of his Aee; 
aikion^ the Modems he is not fo fuccefsful. 
y who fay be entertains fo plealantly, may 
ops value thcmfdves on the Quicknefs of their 
I Underilandings, that they can fee a Jed far- 
oflT than other Men : They may find occafion of 
ghter in the Wit- battle of the two Buffoons, 
wmtns and Cicerrus ; and hold their Sides for 
of Bnrfting, when Rupilius and Perfiut are 
ling. For my own Part, I can only like the 



Sec rbi DEDICATION. 

Charaders of all Four, which are judidouflj ^ 
Ten : But for my Heart I caimot fo much as unP 
at their infipid Kaillery, I fee not why Perfi^ 
ihould call upon BrutuSj to revenge him on 10 

.Adverfary ; and that becaufe he had killed JmIM 
C^far for endeavouring to be a King; therefbi 
he ftou'd be dcfir'd to murder Rnfilius^ only b€ 
caufe his Name was Mr. King. A miferabl 
Clench, in my Opinion, for Horace to record:: 
have heard honed Mr. Swan make many si betca 
and yet hare had the Grace to hold my Connife 
nance. But it may be Punns were then in FaAiGB 
as they were Wit in the Sermons of the laft Agt 
and in the Court of Kine Charles IL I am lorry tx 
fay it, for the fike of Iiorace; but certain it is, b 
has no fine Palate who can feed fo heartily oi 
Garbage. 

But I have already wearied my felf, and doidi 
not but I have tir'd your Lordfliip's Patieacc,* wM 
this long, rambling, and I fear trivial Difcourlc 

* Upon the one halfof the Merits, that is, Pleafure 
I cannot but conclude that Juvenal was the bcC 
terSatyrift: They who will deftend into his^ 
ticular Praifes may find them at large in the vd 
fertation of the Learned Rigaltius to Thnminu 
As for Perfius^ I have given the Reafbns why 1 

Jhink him inferior to both of them: Yet I have on 
thing to add on that Subjefi. 

Barten HoUdayy who tranflated both Juvmu 
and Perjiusy has made this DiflinSibn betwix 
them, which is no lefs true than witty ; That, ii 
Perfius^ the DiflBcuIty fs to find a Meaning ; ii 
Juvenal to chufe a Meaning : So Crabbed i 

.Perfius^ and fo Copious is Juvenal v So much th( 
Underftanding is employ'd in one, and fo mud 
the Judgment in the ocfaen So difficult it is to fini 



VhiDEBICjriON. xci 

my Senfe in the former, and the bed Senfe of the 
litter. 

• If, on the other lide, any one Ibppofe I have 
commended Horaa below his Merit, when I have 
allow'd him but the Second Place, I defire him 
10 coniider, if Juvenal^ a Man of excellent Natu* 
nl Endowments, befides the Advantages of Dili- 
^ce and Study, and coming after him, and build- 
ing upon his Foundations, might not probably^ 
I With all thefe Helps, fur pais him ? And whether it 
! be any Diflionour to Horace to be thus furpailM ; 
> fince no Art, or Sdence, is at once begun and 

(perfe&ed, but that it muft pafs firft through many 
Hands, and even through feveral Ages ? If L isrr/« 

^ Hus cou'd add to Ennius^ and Horace to Lucilims^ 
why, without any Diminution to the Fame of He* 
race^ might not Juvenal give the laft Perfefiion to 
that Work ? Or rather, what Difreputation is it 

: to Horace^ that Jtmenal excels in the Tragical Sa* 
tyr, as Horace does in the Comical ? I have xeeA 
oytt attentively both Heinfms and l>acier^ in their 
Commendations of Horace ; but I can find no more 
in either of them, for the preference of him to Ju^ 
venal, than the inftruftive Part; the Part of Wif- 
dom, and not that of Plcafure-; which therefore 
\% here allow'd him, notwithftanding what ScaiiFer 
and RigaUius have pleaded to the contrary for ju^ 
venal. And to (hew that I am impartial, I will 
here Tranflate what Dacier has faid on that Sub- 
jeS. 

r I cannot give a more juft Idea of the Two 
Books of Satyrs made by Horace^ than by compa- 
ring them to the Statues of the Silem^ to which 
Alcibeaaes compares Socrates^ in the Sympofium. 
They were Figures, which had nothing of Agree* 
able^ nothing of Beauty on their Out-fide: But 



xdi The DEDICATION. 

t 

when any one took the pains to open them, at 
fearch into them, he there found the Figures T>f i 
the Deities. So, in the Shape that H^ace pre(!^n 
himlelf to ns, in his Satyrs, we fee nothing at tf 
firft View which deferves our Attention. It (een 
that he is rather an Amufement for Children, d«i 
for the lerious Confideration of Men: But wh( 
we take away his Cruft, and that which hides hii 
&oxa our Sight ; when ^e difcover him to tt 
Bottom, then we find all the Divinities in a fii 
Aflembly: That is to fay, all the Virtues whic 
ou^t to be the continual Exercife of thofe, wh 
ierfoufly endeavour to correS: their Vices. 

*Tis eafy to obferve, that Dacier^ in this nobl 
Similitude, has confin'd the Praife of his Authc 
wholly to the InftruSive Part: The Commends 
tions turns on tliis, and fo does that which fo 
lows. 

In thele two Books of Satyr, 'tis the Bufinel 
of Horace to inftruA us how to combat our Vice 
to r^ulate our Paffions, to follow Nature^ t 
enre bounds to our Defires, to diftinguiih betwis 
Truth and Fatfhood, and betwixt our Concq 
(ions of Things, and Things themfelves: To com 
back from our prejudicate Opinions, to underftan 
cxadly the Prindples and Motives of all our A< 
lions; and to avoid the Ridicule, into which a 
Men neceflarily fall, who arc intoxicated wit 
thofe Notions which they have received from the 
Maflers; and which they obftinately retain, wit! 
out examining whether or no they be founded o 
right Reafon. 

In a Word, he labours to render us happy in n 
lation to our felves, agreeable and faithful to ov 
Friends, and difereet, ferviceable, and well-bre 
in relation to thofe with whom we are oUig'd t 



f DEDICjriON. xciii 

x> converfe. To make his Figures intel- 
condttS his Readers through the Laby- 
)me perplexed Sentence, or obfcure Pa- 
is DO greater Mauer : And, as EpiSctus 
e is nothing of Beauty in all this, or 
orthy of a prudent Man. The prindpd 
and which is of mod Importance to us, 
\r the Ule, the Reafon, and the Proof 
*cepts. 

irho endeavour not to correfl themfelves, 
to fb exad a Model; are juft like the 
who have open before them a Book of 
Receipts for their Difeafes, and pleafe 
5 with reading it, without comprehending 
re of the Remedies ; or how to apply 
leir Cure. 

race go oif with theie EncomiumSi which 
) well deferv'd- 

aclude the Contention betwixt our thcee 
wrill ufe the Words of Firgil^ in his Fifth 
vhere Mneas propofes the Rewards of 
Race, to the three firft, who (hould reach 
Tres pramsa primsj accipient ; fiavaque 
9ejt$ur Olsva: Let thefe three Ancients 
red to all the Moderns; as firft arriving 
a : LfCt them all be CrownM as Vifiors^ 
Wreath that properly belongs to Satyr, 
that, with this Diftindion amongft them- 
rimns equum fhaleris iuftgnfm^ ViSor bo* 
t Juvenal ride firft in Triumph. AUer 
fm piaretram; plenamque Sagittis Threi^ 
jMom c'srcumpleaitMr auro Baheus^ ^ te^ 
Sit Ftbula gemma. Let Horace who is 
nd, and but juft the Second, carry off 
ars and the Arrows, as the Badges of his 
id the Golden Belt and the Diamond Btu-^ 
6 xss^ 



xciv ^t DEDICATION. 

ton. Tertius^ ArgoKco hoc Clypeo contemtHs 
And let Perfius, the laft of the firft three Wc 
thies, be contented with this Grecian Shield, 
with ViSory not only over all the Grecians^ ' 
were ignortnt of the Roman Satyr, but over' all 
Mod«-ns in fuceeeding Ages; eicepting. BoiUi 
and your Lordfhip. 

And thus I have given die Hiftory of Satyr, 
^eriv*d it as from Ennius^ to your Lordfhip; 
Is, from its firft Rudiments of Barbarity, to its 
Poliihing and PerfeSion: Which is, with Vh 
m his Addrefs to Augnftus ; 

— - momen famd tot ferre per annosj «! 

Titboni prima jnot abejl ab origine Cafar. |^ 

I did only from Ennius ; but I may fafely carry Si' 
higher, as hi as Livius Andronicus\ who, aslteive 
faid formerly, taught the firft Play at Rome^ in thct 
Year ab Urbe conditd CCCCCXIV. I have fincef 
defir'd my Learned Friend Mr. Maidwellj to cook 
pute the Difference of Times, betwixt Arijtapiamf 
and Livius Andronicus ; and he affiires me from 
the beft Chronologers, that Plntus. the laft oiA* 
riftopbanes*s Plays, was Repreftnted at Athens^ ill 
the Year of the 97th Olymyiad; which agrees with- 
the Year Ubis Con Jita CGCLXIV. So that thecE^ 
fcrence of Years betwixt Ariftophanes miAndrarnkmi' 
hifo; from whence I have probably deduc'd,jdiat^ 
Livius Andronicusy^ who was a Grecian, had read 
the Plays of the. Old Comedy, which were Sam!-' 
cal, and alfo of the New; for Menander yr^mj 
Years before him, which muft needs be a ereat 
light to him, in his own Plays, that were of die' 
Satyrical Nature. That the Romans had Farcef ' 
before this, 'tis true ; but then they had no Coxs^' 

I m^tLvcadoa 



The DEDICATION, xcr 

iration with Greece : So tliat AnJronicus was 
rft who wrote after the manner of the Old 
xiy, in his Plays ; he was imitated by Ennius^ 

thirty Years afterwards. Tho* the former 
Fables; the latter, fpeaking properly, bqgan 
•man Satyr. According to that Deicriptton, 
1 Juvenal gives of it in his Firft ; Qmcquid 

homines^ votum^ tsmor^ ira^ voluptas^amJia^ 
/k/, nqftrs eft farrago I'tbelli. This is that in 
1 I have made bold to differ from Cafauhon^ 
tiusy Dacier^ and indeed from all the Mo- 
Criticks, that not Ennius^ but Andronicus 
he firft ; who* by the Arch^a Comoedsa of the 
tx, added many Deauties to the firft Rude and 
irous Roman Satyr : Which fort of Poem, tho* 
id not derrvM from Rome^ yet Nature teaches 
mkind, in all Ages, and in every Country, 
is bat neceflary, that after lb much has been 
f Satyr, (bnoe Definition of it fhould be given. 
ims^ m lut Diflertations on Horace^ makes it 
le, A thele Words ; Satyr is a kind of Poetry^ 
mt m Series ofASion^ invented for the purging 
1^ Mimds ; in which Human Fices^ Ignorance^ 
Smri^ and all things bejides^ which are pro^ 
frwm, tbem^ in every Man, are feverely Re* 
wdeJ; parth Dramatically^ partly Simply^ a$sd 
mus in hot o kinds of fpeaking; but for the mofl 
^nratively^ 4md Occultly ; conftjiing in a low 
mr way^ chiefly in ajharp and pungent manner 
f€€b\ but part fyy al/oj in a Facetious and Civil 
f ye/ling; by which either Hatred^ or Laughs 

r Indignation is moved. Where I cannot 

b&rve, that this obfcure and perplexed Defini* 
or rather Defirription of Satyr, is wholly ac- 
BOdatod to the Horatian way ; and excluding 
jForks o(Jnvenul and Perfius^ as foreign ftooi 



xcvi ^e DEDICJriON. 

diat kind of Poemt The Claufe in the B^i 
of it {without a Series of ASion) diflinguifhei 

Xr properly from Stage-Phtys, which are all o 
Aion, and one continued Series of AdHon. 
End or Scope of Satyr is to purge the Paflion 
far it is common to the Satyrs of 'Juventu 
Perfimt The reft which follows, is alfo gem 
belonging to all three ; 'till he comes upon us, 
the excluding Claufe {confifting in a lowfuM. 
way cf Speech) which is the {^oper Charadl 
Horace \ and from which, the other two, for 
Honour be it fpoken, are &r diftant. But 
come Lownefs of Style and the Familiarl 
Words to be fo mucli the Propriety of Satyr 
without them, a Poet can be no more a Sal 
than without Rifibility he can be a Man? J 
Fault of Horace to be made the Virtue and flai 
Rule of this Poem? Is the Grande Sofhos oSPt 
and the Sublimity oi Juvenal to be Circnmfc 
with the Meannels of Words and Vulgarity q 
preflion ? If Horace rrfufed the pains of Nun 
and the loftinefs of Figures, are they bound t< 
low fo ill a Precedent? Let him walk a-foot 
his Pad in his hand, for his own Pleafure; b 
not them be accounted no Poets, who cfaci 
mount, and fliew their Horfemanihip. H 
is not afraid to lay, that there never was. 
Ml, as from his Odes to bis Satyrs, and Ai 
injuriouflf to himfelf, unturn'd his Harp.V 
Majeftique way of PerJius2inA JffvenalyrM 
when they be^ it; but 'tis old to us j and 
Poems have not, with Time, received aa A 
tion in their Faihion? Which Alteration, fsfa 
day^ is to after-times, as good a Warrant a 
firft. Has not Firgil chanrd the. Manners q 
M#r^s U^oes in his i£jvW4i €ertsdb}y.h€^ baa 



ne DEDICATION, xcvii 

for the better. For VtrgiV^ Age was more Civi- 
lii'd, and. better bred ; and he writ accordirtg to the 
Politenefs of Rome, under the Reign ofAug^Jtus Ca^ 
far; not to the Rudenefi o? Agamemnon s Age, or 
the Times of Homer. Why Ihould we offer to 
confine free Spirits to one form, when we cannot 
lb much as confine our Bodies to one Fafhion of 
Apparel ? Wou'd not Donnas Satyrs, which dboutid 
with fo much Wit, appear more charmiog^ if he , 
had taken care of his Words, iind of his Numbers ?. 
But he followed Horace fo very clofe, that of Ne- 
ceffity he muft fall with him: And I may fafely 
lay it of this prefent Age, That if we are not fo 
gtiat Wits as Donn^ yet, certaiiily, wc are' better 
roets. 

But I have faid enough, and it may be too much, 
on this Subjefl. Will your Lord(hip be. pleafcd 
to Prolong my Audience, only fo far, till I tell 
you my own trivial Thoughts, how a Modern Sa- 
tjrr (hou'd be made. I will not deviate in the lead 
worn the Precepts and Examples of the Ancients, 
who were always our beft Matters. I" Will only . 
illnftrate them, and difcover fome 6f the htddeii 
Beauties in their Defigns, that we; thereby may 
form our own in imitation of them. Will you 
pleafe but to otfferve, Ibat Perfias, the leaft in 
jDignitv of all the Three, has notwithftanding beea 
the firlt, who \izs difcover'd to tis this important 
Secret, in the defigning of a perfedt Satyr ; that it 
ought only to treat or one SubjeS; to be confined 
to one particular Theme; or, at leaft, to one prin- 
cipally: If other Vices occur in the Management : 
of the Chief, they ihould only be trai^lfently laflilj/; 
and nor' be infifted on, fo as to make the Defigti ' 
double. As in a Play of ^he En^ifoF.^^oii, yr\)\t\^ 
wc C9i\\ ti'tragicCmeifyy there Is to beWt owcxw&i 

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xcviii the BED IC At I ON. 

Defign : And tho' there be an Underrplot, or S«^ 
condWalk of Comical Charafiersand Advcnturc% 
yet they are fubfervient to the Chief Fable, carry*a 
a^ong under it, and helping to it ; fo that the ^r#- 
ma maynotfeem aMonfter with two Heads. Thoi 
the CoPernican Sydem <^f the Planets makes the 
Moon to be mov'd by the motion of the Eartbi 
and tanfd about her Orb, as a Dependent or 
hers., .A£ef/2r^^* in his Difcourfe of the Doppia fs^. 
vo/a^' o/t Qpuble tale in Plays, gives an Inflance of- 
it; in the famous Paftoral of Gu^riML, callVl B 
Paflor Ffdo ; where Corsfca and the Satyr are the 
Under-parts: Yet we may obferve, that Corifis 
is brought into the Body of the Plot, and made, 
fublervient to it. 'Tis certain, that the Divine Wit' 
of Horace was not ignorant of this Rule, that a 
Play, though it confide of many Parts,, mull yet 
be one in the Action, and mud drive on the Ao-. 
compliflimcnt of one defign ; for he gives this very 
Precept, Sif quodvis Jim flex duHtaxat ^ nnnmi 
yet he fejcms not much to mind it in his Satro, 
many of them confiding of more Arguments than 
one; and the fecond without dependance on tfa^ 
fird. Cafaubon has obferv'd this before me,, in his 
Preference of Perfiusto Horace: ^d will have his 
own beloved Author to be the fird, who found 
out, and introduced this Method of confim'ng him* 
felf to one Subjefl. I know it may be urgM in 
defence of Horace^ that this Unity is not neco&ry ; 
becaufe t)ie very Word Satura figniiies a Didi plea- 
tifully ftored i^ith all variety of Fruits and Grains. . 
Yeijuvetaly who calls his Poems a Farr^o^ which 
is'.a Word of the lame (Unification with Sa$mrja^ 
has: chofth to follow the &ne Method of fyrfiutp 
and not of Horace. And iBoikau^ whofe Example . 
alQ&e is a fufficient Authority, has wholly cob* 

<ta*d 



ne DEDICATION, xcut 

himfelf, in all his Satyrs, to this Unity of Ete- 
That variety which is not to be found in any 
Satyr, is, at lead, in many, written on fcveral 
afions. And if Variety be of abfolute necef- 
in every one of them, accordiog to the Ety- 
Dgy of the Word; yet it may arifc naturally 
1 one Subjed, as it is diverfly treated, in the 
ral Subordinate Branches of it; all relating to 
Chief. It may be illuftrated accordingly with 
^y of Examples in the Subdivifions of it; and 
1 as many Precepts as there are Members of it; 
:h all together may compleat that Olla^ or Hotch- 
:h, which is properly a Satyr. 
Jnder this Unity of Theme, or Subjeft, is. 
iprehended another Rule for perfeSing the De- 
of true Satyr- The Poiet is bound, and that 
)fficio^ to give his Reader fome one Precept of 
al Virtue ; and to caution him again ft fome 
particular Vice or Folly. Other Virtues, fu- 
linate to the firft, may be recommended, under 
Chief Head; and other Vices or Follies may 
courged, befides that which he principally in- 
Is. But he is chiefly to inculcate one Virtue, and 
\ oh that. Thus yuvenal in every Satyr, ?x- 
ing the firft, ties himfelf to one Principal In- 
live Point, or to the fhunniiig of Moral Evil. 
n in the fixth, which feetns only an Arraign- 
it of the whole Sex of Womankind ; there is 
:ent Admonition to avoid III Women, by (hew- 
how very few, who are Virtuous and Good, 
to be found amongft theni. But this, iho' the 
left of all his Satyrs, Km yet the leaft of Truth 
nftraSion in it. He has run himfelf into his 
declamatory way, and almoft forgotten that 
ras now fetting up for a Moral Poet. 

d 2 Perjiut 



c ,th^ DEDICAt IQ N. 

Perjius is never wanting to us in Ibmc profi-.. 
table DoSrine, and in expofing the oppofite Vicrt 
to it. His kind of Philofophy is one, which is tte 
Stoique; and every Satyr is a Comment on one 
particular Dogma of that SeS; unlefs we will ex- 
cept the firft, which is againft bad Writers ; and. 
yet even there he forects not the Precepts of the 
Porch. In general, all Virtues are every where to 
be praifed and recommended to Pradtice; and all 
Vices to be reprehended, and made either Odioni 
oi: Ridiculous; or elfe there is a Fundamental Er- 
ror in the whole Dcfign. 

I have already declar'd who are the only Pcr- 
fons that are the Adequate ObjeS of private Satyr, 
and who they arc that may properly be expoied 
by Name for publick Examples of Vices and Fol- 
lies; and therefore I will trouble your Lordflup 
no farther with them. Of the beft and fineft man- 
ner of Satyr, I havcfaid enough in theComparifbn 
X^V^xTXjuvenal and Horace: ^T\% that (harp, well- 
irjanner'd way, of laughing a Folly out of Coun- 
tenance, of which your Lordfhip is the beft Mafter 
in this Age. I will proceed to the Verfificarion, 
which is moft proper for it, and add fomewbat to 
what I have faid already on that Subjed. The fort 
of Verfc which is call'd Burlefqucy confifting of 
Eight Syllables, or Four Feet, is that which our 
excellent Hudibras^ has chofen. I ought to have 
mentioned him before, when I fpake oi Donn\ but 
by a flip of an Old Man's Memory he. was for- 
gotten. The Worth of his 'Poem h too well 
known to need any Commenc^tiqn, and he h a-r 
bDve my Cenfure: His Satyr is of thtFarroftiM 
kind, tho* unmixM with Profe. The Choice of 
his Numbers i* fuitable enough to his Defign, as 
he has manag'd it: IJut in any other Hand, the 

S Shortuefi 



ni DEDICATION. ci 

Shortnefs of his Verfe, and the quick returns of 
Rhyme, had debafcd the Dignity of Style. And 
befldes, the double Rhyme, (a neceflary Compa- 
nion of Burlefque Writing) is not fo proper for 
Manly Satyr, for it turns Earneft too much to Jeft, 
and gives us a Boyifli kind of Pleafure. It tickles 
aukwardly with a kind of Pain, to the beft fort 
of Readers ; we are pleafed ungf atefiilly, and if I 
may fay fOj againft our liking. We thank him not 
for giving us that unfeafonable Delight, when we 
know he could have given us a better, and more 
folid. He might have left that Task to others, 
who not being able to put in Thought, can only 
make us grin with the Excrefcence of a Word of 
two or three Syllables in the Clofe. 'Tis, indeed, 
below fb great a Matter to make ufe of fuch a lit- 
tle Inftrament. But his good Senfeis perpetually 
Oiining through all he writes ; it affords us not the 
time of finding Faults. We pafs through the Le- 
vity of h'S Rhyme, and are immediately carry'd in- 
fo fomc admirable ufeful Thought. x4fter all, he 
has chofen this kind of Verfc ; and has written the 
beft in it ; And had he taken another, he would 
always have excelled. As we fay of a Court- Fa- 
vonrite, that Whatfoevcr his Office be, he ftill 
makes it uppermoft, and mod beneficial tohimfelf. 
The Quick nefs of your Imagination, my Lord, 
has already prevented me; and you know before- 
hand, that I wou'd prefer the Verfe of Ten Sylla- 
bles, which we call the En^ltOs Heroique, to that 
of Eight. This is truly my Opinion : For this fort 
of Number is more roomy : The Thought can turn 
it felf with greater eafc in a larger in compaft. 
When the Rhyme comes too thick upon us, 
it ftraitens the Expreffion ; we are thinking of 
theCloIe, when we fhou'd be employed in adorning 

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cii fh DEDICATION. 

the Thought. It makes a Poet giddy with turniiy 
in a Space too narrow for his Imagination ; he loies 
many Beanties, without gaining one Advaataa. 
For a Burlelque Rhyme, I have already concluod 
to be none; or if it were, 'tis more eafily purcbasM 
in Ten SyllaUes than in Eight: In both occafiooi 
^tis as in a Tennis-Court, when the Stroaksof 
greater force are given, when we (Irike out and 
play at length. Taffome and Boileau have left us the 
beft Examples of this way, in the Seccbia Raplu^ 
and the Ltarin. And next them Merlin Coccmns 
in bis Baldns. I will fpeak only of the two tor- 
mer, becaufe the laft is written in Latin Verfi. 
^ht Seccbia Xj^ita is an lulian Poem, a Saqff 
cf the FarromiMe kind. 'Tis written in the Stanu 
of E^ht, which is their Meafure for Heroiqne 
Verfe. The Words are fiately, the Numbers finooth, 
the Turn both of Thoughts and Words is happj. 
The firft fix Lines of the Stanza fcem Majeftical 
and Severe ; but the two lad turn them all into t 
pleafant Ridicule. BoileaUy if I am not much d^ 
ceiv'd, has model'd from hence his famous Lmtriu* 
He had read the Burlelque Poetry cf Scarrom^ with 
fome kind of Indignation, as witty as ft w:as, and 
found nothing in France that was worthy of bis 
Imitation. But he copyM th^ Italian to well^that 
his own may pafs for an Original. He writes it 
in the Frencb Heroique Verfe, and calls it an He* 
roique Poem: His Subjedl is Trivial, but his Verfe 
is Noble. I doubt not but he had Virgil in his 
Eye, for we find many admirable Imitations of 
bim, and fome Parodies ; as particularly this Paf- 
fage in the Fourth of the Mncids. 



iJu 






neDEBICJflON. ciii 

Nee tin DtvaParens ; generis necDatdannsAnilorj 
Perfide^ fed duris genuit te cautihus borrens 
Caucafus ; HyrcMtieqMe admbrnnt ntera Tigres. 

Which he thus Tranllales keeping to the Words, 
hit alterhig the Senle: 

■ 

Non^ torn Pere a PsriSj ne futfoiwt BouUngtr : 
Et tu n^es point dm fang de Gervais Horhger: 
Ta Mere nefut point la Maitrejfe Jfun Cocbt\ 
Camcafe dams fts flames ^ te forma JFmme Roebd t 
Une Tfgreffe affremfe^ em fmehue Amtre /carti 
Tefitj avecfon laiiSj fuccerfa Crkaati. 

And, as Virgi] in hts Fourth Geotgit/ne of the Bees, 
perpetually raifes theLownefsof his Subjed, by the 
Loftinefs of his Words ; and ennobles it by Compa- 
rifons drawn from Empires, and from Monardbs. 

Admiranda tihi levium fpeSacnIa rerum^ 
Magnanimofque Duces^ totiufjne crdine gentst 
Mores i^ findia^ {^ fopuhs^ £«f pr^lia dicam. 

And again: 

Sit Gemns imikortale manet ; muhofque per annos 
Stat fortmmji domns, ^ avi numerantur avarum. 

We fee Boilean purfuing him in the fame flights^ 
and fcarcely yielding to his Mafter. This, I think, 
my Lord, to be the mort Beautifuf, and moft No- 
ble kind of Satyr. Here is the Majefty of the He- 
roique, finely mix'd with the Venom of the other; 
and raifing the Delight which otherwife woa'd be 
flat and vulgar, by the Sublimity of the Expreffion. 

d4 • \ 



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■ ■ • ■ ' 1 

I cou'dfay fomewhat more of the Delicacy of thir | 
^nd fome other of his Satyrs ; but it might turn to , 
his Prejudice, if 'twere carry'd back to France* 

I have given your Lordfhip but this bare hint, in \ 
what manner this fort of Satyr maybeftbemanagU 
Had'I time, I cou'd enlarge on the beuitiftilTuxiB 
of Wor3s and Thoughts ; which are as rcquifite 
in this, as in Heroique roetry it felf; of which the 
Satyr is undoubtedly a Species. With thefe Beau- 
tiful Turns I confefs my fcif to have been unac- 
quainted, till about twenty Years ago, in a Con- 
veriatioa which I had wich that Noble Wit of 
Sc\ildnd^ Sir George Mac kenzy: He askM n^e why I 
dicThdf imitate in my Verfes the Turns of Mr. IVmU 
ler and Sir John Denham ;' of which, he repeated 
ipaoy to me: I had often read with pleafure, and 
with fome profit, thofetwo Fathers of our Eugltft 
poetry; but had not feriouCly enough confiaerM 
thofe B^uties which give the lad rerfefiion to 
their Work^. Some fprinklings of this kind I had 
alfo formerly ii> my Flays ; but they were cafual, 
and not defign'd. But this hint, thus feafonably 
given me, fir It made me fenHble of my own Wants, 
and brought me afterwards to feek for the fupply 
of them in other Englijh Authors. I look'd over 
the Darling of my Youth, the famous Cowley \ 
there I found, inftead of them, the Points of Wit, 
and Quirks of Epigram, even in the Davideis^ % 
Heroick Poeni, which is of an oppofite nature to 
thQft Pxerilhies ; but no elegant Turns, either on 
the Word or on the Thought. Then I confulted 
a greater Genius (without offence to the Manes of 
that Noble AuthorJ I mean Milton ; but as he en- 
deavours every where to ezprefs Horner^ whofe Ajge 
had not arrived to that finenefs, I found in hiiA 
a true Sublimity, lofty Thoughts, which were 

clothed 



tbi DEDJ CATION, or 

:Iothed with admirable Grecjfms^ and ancient Words^ 
which he had beendimng from the Mines of Chan* 
:er and Speticiry ana which, with all their Ra- 
Ucity, hao fomewhat of Venerable in them. Bat 
I found not there neither that for which 1 lookM. 
At laft I had recoofe to hi^ Mader, SpcMcer^ the 
Author of that immortal Poem call'd the PairyQufen; 
tnd there I met with that which I had been looking 
for (b long in vain. Sfeucer] had (ludy'd Firgsl 
to as much advantage as Milton had done Homer; 
ind amongA the reft of his Excellencies had CopyM 
that. LfOoking farther into the Italian^ I found 
Tj^o had done the fame; nay more, that all the 
Sonnets .in that L^neuage, are on the turn of the 
M thought ; which Mr. U^aljh^ in his late ingeni- 
ous Preface to his Poems, has obferv'd. In inort, 
Vhrgil and Ovid are the two Principal Fountains of 
thai in Latin Poem. And the Erench at this day 
lie fi> fond of them, that they judge them to be the 
firS Beauties. Delicate ^ bien towrni^ are the 
higheft Commendations, which they beftow, on 
fixoiewhat which they think a Mafter-Piece. 

An Example of the Turn on Words, amongft a 
thoofaud others, is that in the laft Book of Ovii% 
Mitmmrfbofcs : 

Hem jMotttMrnfielus ejly in vifcera^ vifcera condi! 
CoMgeftoftu avidum fingnefcere corpore corpus; 
Aberiufque Animmitemy Ammnntis vivere leto. 

An Example on the Turn both of Thoughts 
and Words, is to be found in Catmllms; in the 
Complaint of Ariadne^ when (he was lefi by 
Hrfetu: 

Tnm 



«vi ne I>EDldjt tlO 2^. 

Turn jam ttnlh vito jm-Mrtlftemitta ctida\ 



% 




Stdfimul ac cttpidig mentis fafiata Midi ejt^ 
pida nitil metncre ; nihil ferjwria cnnmf. ' . 

An extmordfnaryTorn upon* the Words, is'tta 
fn OvlJC% EplftaU Heroldnm^ of Safffbo to PAinr; 

Sinlfi qua forma poterlt te digms videri^ 
NuUajmtmra tma eft^ mnlldfutmra iiu$ eftw . . 

■ ■ 

Laftly, a Turn which I cannot &j is ahtblole^ 
on Words, for the Thought turns withtbem^ itia 
the Fourth Ggorglqmeof Virgil; where Orpbamit^ 
seceive his Wife from Hell, on exprefi Ck>nditioo not 
to look on her, till ihe was come on Earth : 

Ckm faiita incautnm dementia eefh Ammttemi 
Jgnofeenda fuidim^ fcircntfi ignofien Mami* 



N 



1 Will not burthen your Lordfhip with more of 
them '; for I write to a Mafter, who underflbmds 
them better than my felf. But I may ftfely con- 
dude them ^o be great Beauties ; I might dcfctnd 
alfi) to the Mechanick Beauties of Heroi ck Verfi ; 
but we have yet no Englifh Profidia, not fi) much 
as a tolerable Didionary, or a Grammar; & that 
our Language is in a msmner Barbarous ; and what 
Government will encourage any one, or more, 
who are capable of refining it, I know hot : Bat 
nothing under a Publick Expence can ^o through 
with it. And I rather fear a declination of the 

Lnn- 



tbeDEDICJTION. cvn 

ijgaage, thanj^ope an advancement of it in tht 
ent Age. 

am ftill fpeaking to you, my Lord: tho' in all 
^ability, you are already out of hearing. No- 
; which my Meannefs can produce, is worthy 
lis long attention. But I am come to the laft 
cion of Abraham ; If there be Ten Righteous 
^, in this vaft Preface, fpare it for their lake; 
alio Ipare the next City, becaufe it is but a 
e one. 

wou'd cxcufe the Performance of this Tranf- 
>n, if it were all my own ; but the better, tho* 
the greater part being the Work of fome Genr 
!iea, who have fucceeded very happily in their 

Staking; let their Excellencies atone for my 
bfitons, and tho(e of my Sons. I have pe- 
d fome of the Satyrs, which are done bj other 
ids ; and they feem to me as perfed m their 
\ as any thing I have feen in Englifh Verfe. 
z common way which we have taken, is not a 
ral Tranflation, but a kind of Paraphrase; or 
lewhat which is yet more loofe^ betwixt a Par* 
irafe and Imitation. It was not poQible for tis, 
any Men, to have made it pleafant any other 
L If rendring the exaS Senfe of thefe Authors, 
oft Line for Line, had been our Buflnefs^B^r/r* 
iday had done it already to our hands: And, 
he help of his Learned Notes and Illuftrations, 
only Juvenal and Perjius^ but what yet is 
re oblcure, his own Verfes, might be underftood. 
lut he wrote for Fame, and wrote to Scholars : 
: write only for the Pleafure and Entertainment 
:ho(e Gentlemen and Ladies, who tho* they are 
Scholars, arc not Ignorant: Pcrfons of Under- 
iding and good Senfc; who not having been 
iverunt in the Origiualy or at leaft not naving 



cviii rbe D EDI CATION. 

mtde La$in Verfe (b much their Buljncls, as to be 
Critiques ia it, wouM be glad to find, if theVI^ 
of our two great Authors be anfwerable to thdr 
Fame and Reputation in the World. We have 
therefore endeavoured to give the Publick all the 
5atisfa£Hon we are able in this kind. 

And if we are not altogether fb faithful to oo^ 
Author, as our Predeceflbrs Hotidayznd Stapilt9w\ 
vet we may challenge to our felves this rraifi, 
That we fhall be far more pleafing to our Readers. 
We have followM our Authors at greater Diftancc, 
tho' not Step by Step, as they have done. For 
-oftentimes they have gone fo clofe, that they hm 
trod on the Heels di Juvenal ^ni. Perjitts^ andhtU;! 
them by their too near Approach. Ailoble 4p''^ 
-wou'd not be pnrfuM too clofe by a Tramlator. 
We lofe his Spirit, when we tMnk to take h& 
Body. The groffer Part remains with us, but the 
Soul is flown away, in fome Noble Expreilicm, or 
fome delicate Turn of Words, or Thought. Tnuf 
Holiday^ who made this way his Choice, fctiM 
the Meaning oi Juvenal; but the Poetry has always 
Tcap'd him. 

They who will not grant me, that Pleafure i! 
one of the Ends of Poetry, but that it is only a 
Means of compalTing the only End, which is In- 
ftrudlion; mud yet allow, that without the Means 
of Pleafure, the InftruSion is but a bare and drf 
Philofophy ; a crude Preparation of Morals, whicn 
wc may have from Arijiotle and Epi^etus^ with 
more Profit than from any Poet. Neither HoHdai 
Dor Stapyhon have imitated Juvenal^ in the Poeti- 
cal Part of him, his Didion and his Elocution. 
Nor had they been Poets, as neither of them were; 
yet in the wav they took, it was impoffible fbt 
them to have Succeeded in the Poetique Part. 

Th< 



rhe DEDICAT ION. cix 

The EngUp Verfe^ which we call HeroiquCy 
lifts of no more than Ten Syllables; the Lat'm 
cameter fometimes rifes to Seventeen; as for 
tmple, this Verfe in Virgil: 

lvermUm$a pntrem fonitm quatit nngula Campum* 

re is the difierence of no le(s than Seven Sylla- 
5 in a Line, bet|¥ixt the Englip and the Latin. 
>w the Medium of thefe, is about Fourteen 
[lables ; becau(e the Dafiyle is a more frequent 
ot in Hexameters than the Spondee. 
But Holidof^ without confidering that he writ 
th the difadvantageof Four Syllables lefs in every 
sr(e, endeavours to make one of his Lines to 
mprehend the Senfe of one ofJuvenaVs. Accor« 
ig to the Falfity of the Propoficion, was the Sue* 
w. He was forc'd to crowd his Verlc with ill- 
unding Monofyllables, of which our barbarous 
anguage affords him a wild Plenty : And by that 
leans he arriv'd at his pedantick End, which was 
» make a literal Tranllatibn: His Vetfes have not- 
ing of Verfc in them, but only the word part of 
the Rhime; and that, into the Bargain, is far 
om good. But, which i^ more, intolerable, by 
amming his ill-choten, and worfe- founding Mo^ 
)fyllables fo clofe together ; the very Senfe 
hich he endeavours to explain, is become more 
>(cure than that of his Author. So that Holiday 
m(elf cannot be uDderflood, without as large a 
ommentary, as. that which he makes on his two 
uthors. For ipy own Part, I can make a ihift 
kfind theMeau'ng oijnvenal without hi$ Notes : 
at hs TranHarion is more difficult thantiisAii'- 
or. And I find Beauties in the Latim to rccom«- 
mce my Pains ^ but iniA/^ miiStafyltQu^ va% 



Ot ne DE1>JC jtrio N. 

Ean, in the firfl Place, are mortally offended 
and then their Scnfe is fo perplexed, thbt I rc^j 
turn to the Original, as the more pleafing I'ask^ 
as well as the more eafie. 

This muft be faid for our Tranflation, that if wc 
give not the whole Senfe of Juvenal^ yet we give 
the moft confiderable JPart of it : We give it, in 
General, fo clearly, that few Ndtes are fufBcient 
to make us Intelligible. We make our Author tt 
leaft appear in a Poetique Drefs. We have afiually 
made kirn more Sounding, and more Elegant, 
than he was before in £«rf/^: And have endeavourM 
to make him fpeak that kind of Englifi^ which he 
wouM have fpoken had be HvM in England^ and 
had written to this Age. If fometknes anv of ns 
^and'tis but ieldomj make him exprefs the Guftoms 
and Manners of our Native Country, rather than 
of Rome ; 'tis, erther when there was fome kind 
of Analogy, betwixt their Cuftoms and ours ; or 
when, to make him more ealie to Vulgar Undei- 
^^Qmdings, we give him thofe Manners which are 
ifamiliar to us. fiut I defend not this Innovation, 
*tts enough if I can excufe it. For to fpeak fin- 
cerely, the Manners^ of Nations and Ages are not 
to be confounded : We (hou'd either make them 
Emglijby or leave them Roman. If this can neither 
be defended, nor excus'd, let it {)e p^onM, at 
leaft, becaufe it is acknowledged ; and fb much the 
more eafily, as being a Fault which is never com- 
mitted without fome Pleafure to the Reader. 

Thus, my Lord, having troubled you with a 
tedious Vifit, the bed Manners Will beihewn iiithe 
leaft Ceremony* i will flip away whil^ yourB«dc 
is tumM, and while vou are otherwife employed : 
With great Confafion. for having entertafn*d 
you £6 long with this DiKOurfe; and for having nc 
7 Qitei 



nt DEDICjriON. cxi 

I 

• RecompeQce to make you, thtn the Worthy 
lurs of my FcUow-Undertakcrs in this Work, 
he Thankftil Acknowledgments,. Prayers and 
taal good Wiflics of, * 



fr LORDy 



Tour L^djbifs 



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Mofi Obliged, MaJiHumik^ 



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A Table to JUVEN AL. 

THE Firft Saiyr. Bj Mr. Drydcn. Page 

The StewulSatyr, By Mr. Tate, i| 

The Third Satyr. By Afr.Dryden. i\ 
Thi Fourth Satyr. By the RevenmlMr. Richard Duke. 4^ 
th$ Fifth Satyr. By the Krvinnd Mf. William Bowkf. f 

The Sixth Satyr. By Mr, Dryden. 6: 

The Seventh Satyr, By Mr. Charles Dryden. 9; 

The Fighth Satyr. By Mr. G. Stepney. lOi 

The Ninth Satyr. By Mr. Step, Henrcy 13: 

The Tenth Satyr. By Mr. Dryden. • . 14 

Jhe Eleventh Satyr. By Mr. Congreve. 16 

The Twelfth Satyr. By Mr. Power. 17 

The Thirteenth Satyr. By Mr. Creech. 18 

The Fourteenth Satyr. . By Mr. J. Dryden, ^tm. 20 

The Fifteenth Satyr. By Mr. Tate. ai 

The Sixteenth Satyr. By Mr. Dryden, %% 



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'Tlie TABLE to PERS lUS. 

To Mr. Dryden on his TranJUUim ef Perfius. 

Air. Congreve. Pagp 1 

The Firft Satyr of ?€C^u$. a 

The Second Satyr. a< 

The Third Satyr. %: 

7he Fourth Satyr* t* 

The Fifth Satyr: K 

Th$^iiuh^4m. , ' .. ^ 

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1 U F E N A L 

THE 

FIRST satyr: 



By Mr. D R T D E N. 



The ARGUMENT. 



^^Poet gives f^^firft ii kind of humorous Reafon for 

tis Writing : T%at being provoked by hearing fo 

^fy ill Poefs rehearfe their IVorksj he does him* 

filfJu/Uce OH thenty by. giving them as bad as they 

^inr, Butfince no Man wHl rank htmfelf with 

«/' Writers^ *tis eajy to conclude^ that if fuch 

Wretches coif d dram an Audience^ he thought it 

^^ bard mat,ter to excel them^ and gain a greater 

^fteem with the Publick. Next he informs us 

^ore (^enfyj why he rather addiils himfelfto Sa^ 

^i than any other kind of Poetry. And here he 

^[covers that it is not fo much his Indign^ion*io 

^li Poets y as to ill Men^ which has prompted him 

'0 write. He therefore gives us a fummary and 

V^^al view of the Fices and Follies reigning in 

bis time. So that this firfi Satyr isjbe nacurat 



* JUVENAL. Sat. r. 

Ground-work of all the reft* Herein he c$nfines 
blmfelf to no one SubjeS^ but Jirikes indifferently 
at all Men in his way : In every following Satyr te 
has chofen fame particular Moral which he woifi 
inculcate ; and Capes jome particular Vice or FoU 
ly^ {An Art with which our Lampooners are not 
much acquainted.) But our Poet being dejirons 
to reform his own A^e^ but not daring to attempt 
it by an Overt-a^ of naming living PerTonSj sth 
veighs only againft thofe who were infamous in 
the times immediately preceding his^ whereby he 
not only gives a fair warning to Great Men^ that 
their Memory lies at the mercy of future Pc 
ets and HiJlorianSj but alfo with a finer Jlroke (f 
bis Pen J brands even the livings and perfonatts 
them under dead Mens Names. 

I have avoided as much as I could pojjibly the bof' 
row*d Learning of Marginal Notes and IlluJlrO' 
tions^ and for that Reafon have I'ranjlated this 
Satyr fomewhat largely. And freely own (if it h 
a fault) that I have likcwife omitted moft $f tit 
Proper Names ^ becaufe I thought they wou^dmt 
much edify the Reader. To conclude^ if in tvfo 
or three places I have deferted all the Commenting 
tors^ ^tis becaufe they firji deferted my Author^ or 
at leaji have left him in fo much Obfcurity^ that 
too much room is left for guejfing, 

STILL fliall I hear, and never quit the Score, 
Stunn'd with hoarfc * Codrus* Thefeid, o'er and o'ff? 
Shall this Man*s Elegies and t'other's Play 
Unpunifli'd murthcr t long Summer's Duy ? 

I Codms^ 01 it may be Or- the Life and Aftioai of 7I«' 
dm, a bad Po8C» who wrote I ^tm. 



r. JUFENjtL. 

Telephus, a farmidabk Page» 

igeance} and 3 Orefles* bulky Rage 

'd with Margins cloCdj writ» 

er the Covers, and not finilh'd yet. 

can take a more fiuniliar Note 

vn Home, than I of VuUan's Grotty 

trs his Grovif or hollow Winds that blow 

ina's top, or tortur'd Ghofh below. 

by rote the fam'd Expkxts of Greece i 

taurs fury, and the Golden Fleecer 

the tbick Shades th' Eternal Scribler baulf » 
:es the Statues on their Pedeftals. 
eft and worft on the fame Theme empk>yt 
;, and plagues us with an equal Noife. 
k'd by thde Incorrigible Fools, 
claiming in Pedantick Schools ; 
withMen-Boys, I ftrove to get Renown^ 

^ SjfUa to a private Gown. 
ce the WorU with Writing is pofleit* 
yinfpites anddomybeft, 
e as much Wafte-paper as the re(t 
vhy I lift aloft the Satyr's 7 Rod, 
d the Path which fiun'd Lucilius trod. 



h»s the Name of a 
• 

esy another Tragedy. 
s his Grove, Some 
itatois take thisGiove 
4ace where Poets wcie 
-epeat their Works to 
>Ie s but more proba* 
h this and Vulcan^g 
^i Cave, and the left 
aces and Names here 
'd , ate only meant fbi 
inOArf laces of Hmert 



in his iii4</, and OdjJJey^ 

5 The heft and werfti that 
is, the beft and the woift Poets* 

6 ^dvifing SylUf &c. This 
was one of the Themes given 
in the Schools of Rhetorici- 
ans, in the deliberative kind ; 
Whether Sylla ihould lay down 
the Snpieme Power of Difta* 
torihip, or ftiU keep it. 

7 Lifcilms^ the Ha Satyrift 

of the^MPM»#9 who wxoce long 
befixte UefM9^ 



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4 JUVENAL, Sat. I. 

Attend the Caufes which ray Mu(e have kd : 
When Saplefs Eunuchs mount the Marriage-Bed, 
When ^ Mannifh Mevta^ that two-handed Whore^ 
Adride on Horfe-back hunts the TUfcan Bear, 
When all our Lords are by his Wealth outvyVI, 
Whofe 9 Razour on my callow Beard was try'd \ 
When I behold the Spawn of conquer'd U^^ 
Crifpinm >°, both in Birth and Manners vile. 
Facing in Pomp, with Cloak of Tyrum Dye 
Chang'd oft a-day for oeedlefs Luxury { 
And finding oft occalion to be fan'd. 
Ambitious to produce his Lady-Hand^ 
Charg'd'' with light Summer- rings hk Fingers fweitj 
Unable to fupport a Gem of weight: 
Such ful(bm Objed^s meeting every where, 
'Tis hard to write, but harder to forbear. 
To view fo lewd a Town, and to refrain. 
What hoops of Iron cou'd my Spleen contain] 
When '» pleaj^ IMho, Bocn abroad for Air, 
With his fat.Saunch fills his dew-faihion'd Chair, 
And after him the.Wrctch in' j^p convey'd, 
Whofe Evidence his Lord and FHendbetray'd, 
And but the wifh'd S^cafion does attend 
From the poor Nobl^ the hA Spoils to rend. 
Whom ev'n Spies dread as their Superior Fiend, 
And bribe with Prefents i or, when Preients fail. 
They fend their proftituted Wives for Bail : 

S Mivia, a Name put for any I mtr l^m^;, &c. The %§wkut 
impudent ox Manniih Woman. I were giown fo Efieminate ia 



9 Whofe %szAury &C. Juve- 
ndPs Baibex now grown Weal- 
thy. 

to Ctifpinusf an Egyytinn 
Slave i now by his Kiches 
tumsfoim'd into a Nobleman. 

%i Ch0r£d vjUk iiffit Stun' 



fuvensfs time, that they won 
light Kings in the Sommcir 
and heariei in the Winter. 

12 Mdthoy a famous Lawyei^ 
mentioned in other Pitoes bf 
fmvtMl and HurtinU . 



Sat. I. JVVENAL. f*. 

When Night-perfbrmaoce holds tht Place of Merits 
Aod Brawn and Back the next of Kin diiherits 
For fuch good Parts are in Preferment's way, 
Tlie Rich Old Madam neftr fails to pay 
Her Legacies, by Nature's Standard giv'n. 
One gains an C^nce, another gains Eleven : 
A dear-bought Bargain, all things duly weigh'd. 
For which their thrice conco^rd Blood is paid. 
With Looks as wan, as he who in the Brake 
At unawares has trod upon a Snake. 
Or play'd ■) at Lyons a declaiming Prize, 
For which the vanquiHi'd Rhetor ickn dyes. 

What Indignation boils within my Veins. 
When perjur'd,Guardtans, proud with Impious GainSy 
Cboak up the, Streets, too narrow for their Trains ! 
Whofe Wac^s'by Want betray'd, to Crimes are led 
^00 foul to name, too fulibm to be read! 
When he who piird his Province fcapes the Laws, 
And keeps his Money, though he loft his Caufe: 
His Fine begg'd ofi^ contemns his Infamy, 
Can ri(e tt twelve, and get him Drunk ere three: 
Enjoys his Eiile, and, Concicmn'd in vain, 
Lcayes thee, '4 prevailing Province, to complain? 

Such Vilkoies rous'd ^s Horace into Wrath : 
Aud 'tis more noUe to purfue his Path, 



U At L/MM) a City ia Frdnee, 
where aiwiial Saciifices and 
Games were madcbta Honoui 
«f sAugufius Cdfarr 

I4 PriVdWng Province, &C. 
^e the Poet complains, that 
4e Govexnors of Provinces 
'ting accus*d for their unjuft 
^aftions, though they were 
^emoed at their TiyaJs, 
«|ot off by Bribery. 



1 5 Htraci^ who wrote Satyrs ; 
'Tis more NobJe, fays oar An- 
ther, to imitate him in that 
way, than to write the La- 
bours of Htrculesy the Suffer- 
ings of Diomedes and his Fol- 
lowers, or the Flight of De» 
daius who made the Laby- 
rinth, and the Death of his 
Son IcarMs, 



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4 JUVENAL. Sat. r. 

Than tn oU Tale of "Dmadi repeat* 

Or lab'ring after Hercules to fwcat. 

Or wandring in the winding Maze of Crete % 

Or with the winged Smith aloft to fly. 

Or flutt'ring periih with his foolifh Boy. 

With what Impatience muft the Mufe behold 
The Wife, by her procuring Husband fold ? 
For tho' the Law nuikes Null th' Adulterer's Deed 
Of Lands to her, the Cuckold may fucteed s 
,Who his taught Eyes up to the Cieling throws» 
And deeps all over but his wakeful Nofi. 
When he dares hope a Colonel's Command, 
Whofe Couriers kept, ran out his Father's Laadi 
Who yet a Stripling Nereis Chariot drove, 
Whirl'd o'er the Streets^ while his vain Mafkr firove 
^ith boafied Art to plodc his >^ Eunuch*Love« 

Wou'd it not make a modeft Author dare 
To draw his Table-Book within the Square, 
lAnd fill with Notes, when lolling at his Eafi* 
Idicenas-Vikt^7 ^ the happy Rogue he fees 
^om by Six weary'd Slaves in open View, 
Who cancell'd an Old Will, and forg'd a New: 
31ade wealthy at the final] Expence of Signing 
With a wet Seal, and afrefh Interlining? 
The Lady, next, requires a la(hing Line, 
Who fqueez'd a Toad into her Husband's Wine: 
So well the faihionable Med'dne thrives. 
That now 'tis pra^is'd ev'n by Country Wives : 
Foys'ning, without regard of Fame or Fear: 
<And fpottfd Corps are frequent on the Bier. 



j€ his Eunuch-'Love, Kif 
many'd Sftrm an Eunmh i 
though it may be the Poet 
meant ATer^'s JBliftxcIs in Man's 
AppaieL* 



17 MeeenAs-Yikc, Meeinds li 
often cax'd by Seneca and P* 
thezs, fox his Efifemlnacy. 



'. I. yUFENJL. 

[ft thou to Honours and IVeferments climb ? 

i in Mifchicf, dare feme mighty Crime, 

I Dungeons, Death, or Banifhment deferves : 

rtjie is but dryly Prais'd, and Starves. 

Men, to great Crimes, owe their Plate emboA* 

ilaces, and Furniture of Coft^ 

igh Commands : A Sneaking Sin is loft. 

:an behold that rank Old Letcher keep 

»n's corrupted Wife, ^^ and hope to (Ic^ ? 

X Ma}e-Hark>t, or that unfledg'd Boy* 

to Sin, before he can Enjoy ? 

ure cou'd not, Anger would indite 

NofuX ftufF as I or Sh // write. 

jnt from the time, fince old ^9DeHcaBon*$ Boat^ 
by the Flood, did on VamaJJits float v 
:arccly mooring on the Cliff, impl<^'d 
acle how Man might be reftor'd \ 
fofcen'd Stones and Vital Breath enfii'd, 
Virgins naked were by Lovers view'd \ 
ever fince that Golden Age was done. 
Human Kind defires, and what thej fhun, 
Paffions, Pleafures, Impotence of WiHt 
his Satyrical Colleton fill, 
lat Age fo large a Crop of Vices bore* 
hen was Avarice extended more ? 
were the Dice with more Profufion thrown? 
vell-fiird Fob not empty'd now alone, 
famefters for whole Patrimonies play 5 
Iteward brings the Deeds which muft convey 



^^nd hope to flap ? The 
iiigis, that the very con- 
ticn of fuch a Crime will 
r a virtuous Man from 
I his Repofe. 
Demcalitn and Pyrrhdf 
the World was dxown'd. 



efcapM to the top of Mcnnt 
ParndJpMs s and were commaod- 
ed to reftore Mankind by 
throwing Stones over theix 
Heads : The Srones he threw 
became Men, and choie (be 
threw became Wocone^ 



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8 JV VENAL. Sat. L 

The loft Bftate : What more than Madne(s reigos. 

When one (hort Sitting many Hundreds drains^ 

And not enough is left him to fupply 

Board- Wages, or a Footman's Livery ? 
What Age i^ many Summer-Seats did (ee? 

Or which of our Forefathers far'd fo well. 

As on ieven Dilhes, at a private Meal ? 

Clients of old were Feaded \ now a poor 

Divided Dole is dealt at th' outward Door 5 

Which by the hungry Rout is foon difpatch'd : 

The paltry Largcfs, too, fcvercly watch'd. 

Ere given ; and cv'ry Face obferv'd with Care> 

That no intruding Guefts ufurp a Share. 

Known, you Receive: The Cryer calls aloud 

Our Old Nobility of Tro^m Blood, 

Who gape among the Crowd for their precarious Food« 

The Praetors, and the Tribunes Voice is heard ; 
The Freedman juftles, and will be preferred ; 
Firflcome, firftferv'd, he ales j and I, in fpight 
Of your Great Lordfhips, will maintain my Right. 
Tho' k>rQ a Slave, tho' ^° my torn Ears are bor'd, 
'Tis not the Birth, 'tis Money makes the Lord. 
The Rent of Five fair Houfes I receive i 
What greater Honours can the Purple give? 
The *» poor Patrician is reduc'd to keep. 
In Melancholly Walks, a Grazier's Sheep: 
Not**P4//tfj nor Licinius had my Trcaiiire; 
Then let the (acred Tribunes .wait my Leifiire. 



20 Tb^ttgh my urn Ears are 
ior'di The Ears of all Slaves 
were boi'd as a Maik of theix 
Servitudes which Cuftom is 
ftiJl ufual la the EAft-lndies, 
and ia other Parts, even foe 
whole Nations 3 who bote pro- 
digious Holes in theii £ars, 
«nd wear vaft Weights at them. 



21 Tht poor PdtrUUnl the 
poor Nobleman. 

22 Paltus, 01 Lieinim, ?«/- 
lus^ a Slave freed by CUmUui 
Cdfart and rais'd by his Fa- 
vour to great Kichcs. Ltdnim 
was another wealthy Fieed- 
maD> belonging to ^ngtifiah 

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t. JtTVEN4U 

or R(^e, 'tis true, J trod the Street, 
'd to Komt upon my naked Feet : 
; greateft God; though yet we fee 
>les raised to Money*s Majefty, 

fuming to her PowV Divine, 
\ Valour, Peace and Virtue (bine, 
, and Concord : ^3 where the Stork on high 
falute her Infant Progeny ; 
pious Lo7e with her aufpicious Cry. 
our Knights and Senators account 
their fordid begging Vails amount, 
lat a wretched fhare the Poor attends, 
hole Subfidence on thofe Alms deptnds! 
uftiold-Fire, their Rayment, and their Food, 
1 24 by thofe Harpies $ when a Wood 
s thick befiege the Donor's Gate, 
;iag Lords and teeming Ladies wait 
ois'd Dole : Nay, fome have learn'd the Trick 
or abfent Perfbns; feign them tick, 
w'd in their Sedans, for fear of Air : 
their Wives produce an empty Chair, 
ly Spoufe: Difpatch her with her Share. 
%]la: Let her Ladyfhip but peep: 

'tis pity to difturb her Sleep. 

Such 

ere the Storks on high, \ demand their fliares of the 
laps the Storks were Largefsj and thereby picvent- 



uild on the top of the 
dedicated to Concord, 
vented by thofe Unrfics : 



Days the Rich made 
itended for the poor : 
Great were cither fo 
s, or fo Needy, that 
ae in theix Litters to 



ed, and confequently ftarv*d 

the Poor. 

25 T/i GulU, &c. The 

the \omdn Knights, I meaning is, that Koblemea 

pies, or Devourers : would caufe empty Litters to 

be carried to the Giver's Door, 
pretending their Wives were 
within them.- 'TisGMla, that 
is, my Wife: the next Words, 
Ut her Ladylbif bm ff^ ate 
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fo JV V EN A L. Sat. 1 

Such fine Employments our whole Days divide : 
The Salutations of the Morning tide '^. 
Call up the Sun \ thofe ended, to the Hall 
"We wait the Patron, hear the Lawyers haul \ 
Thcn^^to the Statues i where amidft the Race ^ 

Of Conquering V^me^ fome Arab (hews his Face» < 

In{crib'd.with Titles, anfl profanes the Places 
Fit to be pifs'd again (I, and fbmewhat more. ' 

The Great Man. home condudlcd, (huts his Door> 
Old Clients, weary 'd out with fruitlcfs Care, 
Difmifs their hopes of eating, and defpair. 
Though much againd the Grain, forc'd toretire. 
Buy Roots for Supper, and provide a Fire. 

Mean time his LordOiip lolls within at Eaie, 
Famp'ring his Paunch with Foreign Rarities \ 
Both Sea and Land are ranfack'd for the Feaft, 
And his own Gut the ible invited Gued. 
Such Plate, fuch Tables, Diflies drefs'd fo welL 
That whole Eftates are fwallow'd at a Meal. 
Ev*n Paraiites are banifli'd from his Board : 
(At once a fordid and luxurious Lord : ) 
Prodigious Throat, for which whole Boars are dreft; 
(K Creature formed to furnifh out a Feaft J 
But preftnt Punifhment purfucs his Maw, 
-When furfeitcd and fwell'd, the Peacock raw 



of the Servant who diftributes 
theDole^ Let me fee ber, that 
1 may be fure (he is within the 
Litter. The Husband anfwers, 
ihe is aileep, and to open the 
Litter would diAurb heiReft. 

x6 Thtn to the Statues, &c. 
The Poet here tells you how 
the Idle pafsM their time 5 in 
going fiift CO the Levees of the 
Great, then to the Hall, that 
i$t to xh/t Temple of ^^olit. 



to hear the Lawyers Flea 
then to the Market-place 
^Hptjitts, where the Statues 
the fainous T^emans were fet 
Ranks on Pedeftals: AmoD{ 
which Statues were (een the 
of foreigners, fuch m ^r$\ 
&€. 'vho, for no Deferr, b 
only on the account of th( 
Wealth, or Favour^ were pi 
ced amongft the Nobleft. 



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Sat. I. yUFENAL. ti 

He bears into the Bath \ whence want of Breath, 

Repletions, Apoplex, inteftate Death. 

His Fate makes Table-Talk, divulged with Scorn, 

And he, a Jeft, into his Grave is bom. 
No Age can go beyond us : Future Timet 

Can add no farther to the preient Crimes. 

Our Sons but the fame things can wifh and do i 

Vice is at ftand, and at the higheft How. 

Tiien Satyr fpread thy Sails ^ take all the Winds can b!ow.i 

Some may, perhaps, demand what Mu(e can yield 

Sufficient Strength for fuch '4. (pacious Field ? 

Prom whence can be deriv'd fo large a Vein> 

Bold Truths to Q>eak, and fpoken to maintain? 

When God-like Freedom is fo far bereft 

The Noble Mind, that fcarce the Name is left? 

Ere ^atdalum Magnatam was begot. 
No matter if the Great forgave or not: 
But if that honeft Licence now you take. 
If into Rogues Omnipotent you rake. 
Death is your Doom, impail'd upon a Stake i 
Smear*d o'er with Wax, and fet on fire, to light 
The Streets, and make a dreadful Blaze by Night. 

Shall They who drench*d three Uncles in a draught 
3f poys'nous Juice be then in Triumph brought, 
Vlake Lanes among the People where thfey go, 
\nd, mounted high on downy Chariots, throw 
)iicla]nful Glances on the Crowd below? 
k filent, and beware, if fuch you fee ; 
ris De&mation but to fay. That's He! 
^gainfl V bold Turms the Great Ty$jaft Arm, 
Lmidft their fbrokes the Poet gets no Harm: 

AdMn 



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XT ^iAi»Jth»ld Turnos, irt, 1 VirglU who defciibesthe Duel 
I Poet may (afely write an I of T<#r»if/ and t/£nt4si ox of 
tcxoick Poem, fiicb Mthat of I Htwr wkv wdt«i of ^AshiUu 



j« yUFENJU Sj 

jldilUt mij ia Epque Vnfe be fliia, 
And acne of alt hi) Myrmidoiu complain : 
ItyUt may drop hit Pitcher, none w^ ctj i 
Nocifbcdrownhimlelf for Compaoj: 
But when ImHuu bnodilhes bii ?ea, 
And fUlhes ia the Face of Goilty Mcd. 
A cold Sweat fludi in dropi on ev'ry part; 
And Rage liicoeeds-to Tcan, Revenge to Smart : 
Mul^ be ad*is'd> 'tit paH coafidViog time, 
When eater'd once the dingVoiu LiSt of Biumc : 
Since none the Liring-Vilkuni dare implead, 
Airaiga them in ibc Fctlbai of tbe Dead. 

tBiHiStri w the Death «f I Veil aAci it. Bu 'lii 
Hjlu At C4ttmitto£ UtraiUnl louf (o «iiic Satiie L 
VhoftooplogfoiWatet, dtopti dliMt. 
hit Fitchci) ud ftU tjuo tbe I 




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J U V E N A Li 

THE 

SECOND satyr: 



By lax.r AT E. 



* 



The ARGUMENT. 

Tie Poet^ in this Satyr ^ inveighs a^ainjl the Hypo* 
erijie rf the Philo/opberSj and Prsefts of bis Time ; 
the Effeminacy of Military Officers^ and Magi- 
fir ates. Which Corruption of Manners in gene- 
ral^ and more particularly of unnatural Fices^ he 
imputes te the Atheift^ical Principles that thet% 
frevaiPJ. 

T'M fick pfRomii and wi(h my felf conrey'd 

-*- Whore freeung Seas obdraf^ the Merchants Trader 

"When Hypocrites read Le£lures, and a Sot, 

Becauie into a Gown and Pulpit got, 

Tho' furfeit'gorg'd, and reekisg fircm the StewSr 

Notking but AbSinence for's Theme will chufe. 

The Rakehells too pretend to Learning Why? 

ChryfipfHs^Si9XMt decks their Library. 
Who makeytBClofet fined is mod Read; 
The Dolf^Hptk an Ar'tflotk's Head, 
Carir'd to tbS^ife, has once adcrn'd his ShelF> 
Streighc ftts up for a Stagyrite himfclf. 

"Attest 



14 7^ f^ ^N jtL. Sat. 

Preciie thdr Look, but to the Brothd come. 
You'll know the Price of Phlloibphick Bum. 
You'd fwear, if you their Briftled Hides furvey'd. 
That for a Bear's Careiles they are made; 
Tet of their Obfcene Part they take fuch care. 
That (like Baboons^ they dill keep Vodex bare; 
To fee't fo fleek and trimm'd the Surgeon fmilesi 
And {carcely can for laughing launce the Piles. 
Since Sikoce ^ems to carry Wiidom's Pow'r« 
Th' a£feded Rogues, like Clocks, fpeak once an Hoar. 
Thofe grizled Locks which Nature did provide, 
In pknteous growth, their Ailes Ears to hide. 
The formal Slaves reduce to a degree 
Short of their Eye-brows— — Now I honour Thee, 
Thee Feri^ius, thou profefl: He-Whore, 
And all thy Crimes impute to Nature's Score:. 
Thou, as in Harlots Drefs thou art attir'd. 
For ought I know, with Harlots Itch art fir'd; 
Thy Form feems for the Pathick Trade defign'd; 
And generoufly thou doft own thy Kind. 
But what of thofe lewd Mifcreants muft becom% 
Who Preach Morality, and Shake the Bum? 
VariUus aies, ihall I fear Sextus* Doom, 
Whole Haunches are the common Sink of Vi$mtt 
Let him cry Blackmoor- Devil, whofe Skin is whiter* 
And Bandy-Legs, who treads himielf upright; 
Let him reprove that's Innocent ——In vain 
The Gracchi of Sedition muft complain, 
'Twou'd make you fwear the Planets from their Spherei^> 
Should Verres peach Thieves, Idih Murderers, 
Ctodius tax Bawds, Cethegus CatiUtie, 
Or I Siylla's Pupils ScfUa's Rules decline. 

1 Suppos'd by (bme, to be I by others (more {«QbabIy)«^i»' 
Csfar»Pompej,tndCrAirmi\>\M [s^fiifh ^»th$nj9 and I^idfU. 

Yet 



:. n. JV r EN.AL. if 

re havfi feen a Modern Magiflrate 
e thofe rigid ^Laws that did create 
\ri and Vmm dread i him(elf the while, 
impious Drugs and Potions, did bq;uile 
:eming JuMs Womb, and thence did wreA 
3 Births, that yet th'Inceftuous Sire confeft 
(hall fuch Hfpoaites Reform the State, 
horn the Brothels can Recriminate? 
this we ha?e an Inftance great and ne^ 
Tock-Zealot of this Preaching Crew, 
e late Harangue the gaping Rabble drew, 
^'heme, as Fate wou'd have't, was Fomication» 
s i'th' fury of his Declamation, 
y*d, Why flceps the Julian Law, that aw"d 

Vice.^ Larmm^ aa induffarioua Bawd, 

awds will run to Lediuresj nettled much 

ive her Copy-hold ib nearly toucht, 

a difdainful Smile, repl/d, Bleft Times, 

made thee Ceokit of the Age's Crimes! 

now muft needs Reform, and Vice be ftopt,. 

a Third Cato from the Clouds is dropt. 

:11 me, Sir, what Perfume (hikes the Air 

your moft Rcv'rend Neck o'ergrown with Hair?» 

lodcftly we may prcfumc, I trow, 

ot your Nat'ral Grain — -- The Price Td know> 

•vhcrc 'tis fold; diredfc me to the Street, 

!hop, for I with no iiich Eilence meet. 

le entreat you. Sir, for your own fake, 

'aution, and permit the Laws to take 

mle/s Nap, left the 4 Scant'mitm wake; 



he Ux Julia agaiaft A- 

y- 

rJt. Defomi'd, and foic- 

ling D omit tan. 



' 4 The Law fo called, from 
Scantinims, againft whom it 
was put in Executioiu 



0>aR 



itf yUFENAL: Sat. m. 

Our wife Fore&thers took their Meafiires rights 
Nor wreak*d on Fornicators all their fpfght* 
But left a Limbo for the Sodomte. 
If you Commidion-Courts mufl; needs ere^l 
For Manners, put the Teft to your own Sedl. 
But you by Number think your (elves fecure*. n 
While our thin Squadron mud the Brunt endure. ^ 
With Grief I muft confefs our Mufter's few* x 
And much with Ci?il Broils impair'd, while yoa 
Are to the Dev'l and to each ether true. 
Tour Penal Laws againft Us are enlarg'd. 
On whom no Crimes, like what you a£):, are charg*d. 
jUvta may now and then turn up for Bread, 
But chaftly with CatuUa lies a-bed. 
Your Hiffo z6ts both Sexes parts, before 
A Fornicator, and behind a Whore: 
We ne*cr invade your Walks; the Clients .Caufe 
We leave to your confounding, and the Laws. 
If now and then an jimazonian Dame 
Dares fight a publick Prize, 'tis (ure lefs (hame, 
Than to behold your unnerv'd Sex fet in 
To Needle- Work, and like a Damfel fpin. 
How Hifte/s Bondman his fole Heir becamcy 
And his conniving Spoufe fo rich a Dame, 
Is known i that Wife with Wealth mud needs be (jped, 
Who is content to make a Third in Bed. 
Yott Nymphs that would to Coach and Six arrive, 
Marry i keep Counfel^ and fare fure to thrive! 
Yet thcfc Obnoxious Men, without Remorfe, 
Again ft our Tribe will put the Laws in force, 
Clip the Dove's Wing, and give the Vulture courfc 
Thus fpoke the Matron — -The convidcd Crew 
From (b dircdt a Charge like Lightning Hew. 

It muft be fb Nor, vain Metellus, (ball * 

From Rome's Tribunal, thy Harangues prevail 

'Cainft 



Sat.il JVVEINAL. 17 

'Gainfl Hariotry. while thoo art clad fo thin. 
That through thy Cobweb-Robe we fee thy Skin 
Ai thoa Dttbim'ft- — —Vabulh is. you fay» 
A Whore — «-• I own iti &}*sCarfiniai 
Rank Proftitutes, therefore without remorfe 
Panifh the StrumpetSy give the Law its courfi: 
But when y'ave feotenc'd thein» MettUm^ know 
They'd blufli t'appear fb loofly Dreft as you. 
You lay the Dog-Star reigns, whofe fulcry Fire 
Mdts you to death ev*n in that light Attires 
Go naked then, 'twere better to be mad» 
(Which has a priv'ledge) than fo lewdly clad ! 
How wou'd our Mountain Sires, rcturn'd from Plow 
Or Battel, fuch a Silken Judge allow ? 
Canft thou reflore old Manners, or retrench 
lltf/w's Pride, who com'ft tranfparent to the Bench? 
This Mode in which thou fingly do'ft appear* 
By thy Example fhall get footing here. 
Till it has quite depra/d the Roman Stock, 
As oae infedbed Sheep confounds the Flock. 

Nor will this Crime, Metellus, be thy wor(l» 
No Man e'er reach'd the heights of Vice at frrft: 
Pw Vice like Virtue by Degrees muft grow; 
Thus fropa this wanton Drefs. MettUusy thou 
^ith thofe s polluted Priefts at laft ihalt join, 
^ho female Chaplets round their Temples twined 
And with ^ perverted Rites profane the Goddcfs' Shrine,. 
Where fuch vile Pradlices 'twixt Males are paft, 
Ai makes our Matrons lewd Normals chaft. 



f SnpposM to be the Col- 
kge of Piiefts, appointed by 
^mitU^ to Celebzace the 
il^^mtU to Mtrnrvs. 



6 Pervifitd %itet, Becauf^ 
hezeWomen ate excluded fiom. 
the Myftei!e^^ as Men were 
clfewheze fiom cvro's Wox(hip« 



18 JUFEirAL, Sat. IV 

CftyttHs* 7 Orgies fcarce are more ob(bene» 

For thus th' Effeminate Priefts them(el?es demean. 

With Jet-black Pencils one his Eye-brows dyes. 

And adds new Fire to his lafcivious Eyes: 

Another in a Glzd-Priapus Twills, 

While twilled Gold his platted TrelTes fills; 

A Female Robe, and to compleat the Farce, 

His 8 Servant not by yove but ^mo fwears. 

One holds a Mirrour, pathick Otho's Shield, 9 

In which he view'd before he march'd to Field* S 

Nor jijax with more Pride hisfeven-fbld Targe didwidi) 

Oh Noble Subjef^ for new Annals fit. 

In mufty Fame's Records. unmention'd yet! 

A Looking-Glafs muft load th' Imperial Car» 

The moft important Carriage of the Warl ' 

GalSa to kill he thought a General's Part» 

But, as a Courtier, us'd the nicefl Art 

To keep his Skin firom Tan : before the Fight 

Wou'd paint, andfet his foiled Complexion rightJ 

A Softnefi which Semiramis ne'er knew. 

When once (he had the Field and Foe in view. 

Nor Egypt's Queen, when (he from ASHum BfiW 

No chad Difcourie their Fedivals afifbrd, 
Obfcenenefi is the Language of their Board : 
Soft bTping Tones, taught by fome bald-pate Priefl^ 
For skilful Palate, Mafler of the Feaft. 
A Pack of Proftitutes5 unnerv'd, and rife 
For th* operation of a 9 Phrygian Knife, 



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7 C9tyttHs* Origies, The God- 
defs of Impudence woiihippM 
at sAthens, AStcompet in her 
life-time, that us*d to Dance 
naked with moft Oblcene Ge- 
fiures. 

« An InflaAce of Extraordi- 



nary EfiTeminacy, it beiAgtb 
Cuftom fox only Womcn.t 
fwcai by Goddeifes } the Mc 

by Jove^ HtrciUiSi ^e. 

9 Alluding to the Piiefttii 

the Phrygian GoddcfleSy «A 

were cafiiated* 



Sat. II. yUFENAL. i> 

For from fiich Patbicks 'tWere bot juft to take 
Tbofe Manly Parts* of wbf cb no u£e they make. 

CrMchm, 'tis iaid* gave to bu Trumpeter 
Four Hundred Stft$rmsx — For wbat? — In DowV. 
The Motion's Hk'd, the Parties are agreed ; 
And for Performance feal a formal Deed : 
Guefts are befpoke, t Wedding-Supper made» 

The wonted Joy is wi(ht, that done 

Tbe.He-Bride in bis Bridegroom's Arms is laid' 

Q Peers of E»m$ ! need tbde fhipendious Tinves 

A 20 dnfir or Arufpex for fucb Crimes? 

The Prodigy lefi Mondrous wou'd appear* 

If Womea Calves, or Heifers Lambs ibou'd bear! 

In Bridal Robe and Veil the Pfttbick's dreft* 

Who II bore the pondrous Shield at Mars bis Feaft. 

^^ Father of Rifme» fay what detefled Clime 
Taught Ijuisn Shepherds fo abfaorr'd a Crime? 
Say, thuodriug Mars, from whence the Nettle (prung 
Whole Venom firft thy Noble Offipring ihing? 
Behold! a Man by Birth and Fortune great 
Weds with a Man; yet from tb' Etherial Seat 
No ratling of thy Brazen Wheels we bear. 
Nor is Effth pierc'd with thy avenging Spear ! 
Oh! if thy Jurifdiaion (Mars) faHs (hort 
To pani(h Mifcfaief of fb vaft import, 
Complam to Jovf, and move the higher Court; 
For (hame redbrefi this Scandal, or refign 
Thy Province to fbme Pow'r that's more Divine. 



10 Viz. The One to pnniih* 
the Other to Expiate fuch Un- 
flstnxal Crimes. 

1 1 He means one of the 194/17, 
ttiFriefts of itf4r/, whocarry'd 
hii Shield and Xmplcmentf, 



and was brawny enoagb f 
Dance under them at his Fe* 
ftival. CdlefiU Martis ^rms. 
feruntSulii, Or. Faft. 3. 

12 Mars Father oi%onmlt^% 
who founded %9mu 



i£t JUVENAL. Sat. II^i 

To-Morrow early in ^uirmus* Vale 7. 

A mud attend -^- Why ?-— Thereby haogi a Tale^ ^ f 

I Male Friend's to be manyd to a Nfale; J/f 

'Tis true, the Wedding's carry'd pn?ate]y« 

The Parties being at preient fomewhat fhy ; 

But that they own the Match, e'eD-Iong youli hearr I 

And fee it in the Publick Regifter. ^ 

But one fore Grief does tl^ He-Brides perplex; i. 

Though they defaafe, they cannot change their Sex| 
Nor yet, by help of all their wicked Art, 
Bring 0£&prings to fecure thdr Husband's Heart. 
Nature too much i'th' dire Embrace is forc'd» 
And ne'er joins Influence with I>efires £b curs*dr 
Inceftuous Births, and Monfters may appear. 
But teeming Males not Earth nor Hell can bear. 

Yet Gracchus, thou degen'rate Son of Fame, 
Thy Pranks are ftigmati^'d wkh greater Blame: 
Thnrs was a pri? ate, thine an open Shame. 
Vfbo like a Fencer on a Publick Stage^ 
Haft made thy filf the Scandal of the Age. 
Nor can Rome's NoUcfl: Riood with thine compare^ 
While thou mak'ft Pallime for the Theatre. 

To what dire Caufe can we affigo thefe Crunes, 
But to that reigning Atheifm of the Times? 
Chofts, Stygian Lakes, and Frogs with creaking Not^ 
And Charon wafting Souls in leaky Boat, 
Are now thought Fables, to fright Fools conceived. 
Or Children, and by Children fcarce belie v'd. 
Yet give thou Credit. What can we fuppofc 
The Temperate Gwrii, and the ScipWs, 
What will Fabrlc'ms or Owullus think, 7 

When they behold, from their Elifium's brink, ?• 

An Athcift Soul to laft Perdition fink r i 

How will they fromth' aflaulting Banks rebound. 
And wiih for Saaed Rites to purge th' unhallow'd Ground. 

b 



■.II. JUVENAL. 

a, O Smm / tboa doft thy Conqiiefi boiS 
d tbe Ortudtf fluKt'Dighced Coaft. 
free the coDquer'd Proviacei remain 
Crimes ifaat thy Imperial City floin: 
umooT fpmki. if we may credit Fame.' 
e jlrPMnaot Touth, wbp fince he came 
iro'd the impout Tndei and doei exceed 
:wd«ft Piihickj of oar R»tnm Breed, 
f; of Commerce! he was fent, tis &iA, 
reediog hither: And Ik's &irly fared, 
oreiga Youths from our polluted Streets 
ere unmtna'di regain your Nadve Seatit 
whik for Tnffick, here too long yoa tbji 
mm a t laA to trade th' Jrn^uM way; 
with curi'd Merchandile returning hornet 
(iDyoui Country with the'iFigt of Hmm. 

Imtodt) call'd 'm Lt'm,Tit»i. 








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J U V E N A I 

THE 

THIRD SATYR. 

BjUs. DRrOE N. 



The A R G U M E N T. . 

Tte Story of this Satyr fpeaks it felf. Umbrh 
the fuffos*d Friend of ]\iytv^\^ and himfeJfaP 
is leaving Rome, ana retiring to Cumas. • 
jtuthor accompanies him out of T'own* Be 
they take leave of each other ^ Umbritius telb 
Friend the Reafons which oblige him to lead a 
vate Life^ in an obfcure Place. He complains 
an honeji Man cannot get his Bread at Re 
That none but Flaterers make their Fort\ 
there: 7 hat Grecians and other Foreigners j 
themfelves by thofe fordid Arts which he defer 
and againfl which he bitterly invei^f^ He t 
ens up the feveral Inconveniences -v^hich 
from a City life ; and the many Dangers w 
attend it. Upbraids the. Noblemen with Cove, 
nejsj for not Rewarding good Poets ; anc^ 
raigns the Government forjiarving them, 
great Art of this Satyr is particularly powi 
Common Places'^ and drawing in as many p 

as could naturally fall into the compafs oftt. 



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* Riev'd tho* I am an ancient Friend to lofe, ^■ 

^ I like the foliraiy Seat he chofe : C 

quiet ' Omu fixing his Repoie: ^ 

lere, far from noifie Jitme fecure he lives* 

d one more Citizen to Sj/bil gives. 

le Road to ^Boja^ and that fbft Recefs 

hich all the Godfs with dl their Bounty blefi, 

x>' I in 3 Prociyta with greater Eafe 

M'd live, than in a Street of Palaces. 

'hat Scene fb Deiart, or (b full of Fnght» 

I tow*ring Houfes tumbling in the Night, 

nd Rome on fire beheld by its own blaEing Light f 

a worie than all the clatt'ring Tilesi and worfb 

lian thodand P^uiders, is the Poet's Curie. 

logues that 4 in Dog-days cannot Rhimie forbear: 

kit without Mercy read, and make you hear. 

Now while my Friend, ju(l ready to depart^ 
^u packing all his Goods in one poor Care s 
ik (bpp'd a little at the Conduit-Gate, 
\¥bRe f Ntsms modell'd once the Roman State, 
In mighty Councils with his ^ Nymph retired : 
Tbo' now the facred Shades and Founts are hir'd 
Bj janiih'd Jiws, who their whole Wealth can lay 
In a finaO Basket, on a Wifp of Hay; 



} 



I Cmms, a fmall City in Csm- 1 in fuvtHot* time, us*d to re- 
fMu, ncitPmeolif or fuxx»lpy I heaife their Poetiy \n ^mguft^ 
litis call*d. The Habitation | 5 Nwot^. The fecond King 



of the Cumdan Sybil, 

iB^jsi anothei little Town 
aa Csm^id, near the Sca : A 
fkiiiuit Place. 



o{*B^mei who made theic 
Laws, and Infiituted their 
Religion. 

6 N/mph^f/^giriAi^Kjm^h, 



I PrthytA : A fmall Bacxen I ot Goddefs, nith whom Num^ 
Ifliad belonging to the King- 1 fcign*dto converfe by Night i 
4im of N4fits, I an4 to beinftruded by'hec in 

4 U Dtir^^h ^^ ^^^ 1 inodcUing his Supcxftltions. 



24 JVVENAL. Sat IB 

Yet fuch our Av'rice is, that cv'ry Tree 

Pays for his.HeSds/iiot Sieqp it ielf is free: 

Nor Place, nor Peri(bns» now s^&icred held, 

F^oxn their own Grove the Mu&s^are expeli'd. 

Into this looelj Vale our Steps we bend» 

I and my iullen diTcontented Friend : 

The marble Caves, and Aquxduds we view; 

Bat how adoh'rate now, and different from the true ! 

How much more Beauteous had the Fountain been 

Embellifh'd with her fird created Green, 

AVhere Cryftal Streams thro' living Turf had run. 

Contented with an Urn of Native Stone! 

Then thus XJmbndus (with an angry Frowo, 
And looking back on this degenVate Town,^ 
Since noble Arts in Vjmt have no Support, 
And ragged Virtue not a Friend at Court, 
No Profit rifts firom th' ungrateful Stage, 
My Poverty encreafing with my Age, 

^ris time to give my juft Difdain a vent. 
And, Curfing, leave fo bafe a Government. 

Where 7 Tkdalus his borrowed Wings laid by^ 

To that obfcure Retreat I chufe to fly : 

While yet few Furrows on my Face are feen. 

While I walk upright, and old Age is green. 

And s Lachefis has fomewhat left to fpin. 

Now, now 'tis time to quit this curftd Place; 

And hide from Villains my too honeft Face : 

Here let 9 Arturius live, and fuch as he; 

Such Manners will with fuch a Town agree. 



7 Whtrt Dedalas,]^^. Mean- 
ing at Cumd^ 

i Lachefit ; oneof the three 

Deftinies, whofe Office was to 

-fpin the Life of every Manj 

u it was of clHb9 tohold-xhe 



Diftatf*, and ^trofst tocutthc 
Thread. 

9 sArturim, Any debincM 
wicked Fellow who gabi If 
the tunes^ 



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.AT. III. JV F E N A L. 2f 

jiaves who in full Aflemblici bave the knack 
f turning Truth to Lies* and White to Black: 
Ian hire large Houfes» and opprefs the Poor 
ij farm'd Excifei candeanfe the Common-fhoar s 
^nd rent the Fi(hery } can bear ^he Dead , 
\Dd teach their Ejes diilembled Tears to fhed. 
\llthis for Gain \ for Gain they (ell their very Head. 
Thefe Fellowf ffee what Fortune's Pow'r can do) 
Were once the*Min(lreb of a Country Show: 
Followed the Prizes thro* each paltry Town, 
By Trumpet-Cheeks and bloated Faces known. 
But now, grown rich, on drunken Holy-days» 
At their own Cods exhibit poblick Plays : 
Where influenced by the Rabble's bloody Will, 
With i^" Thumbs bent back, they popularly kill. 
From thence return'd, their (brdid Avarice rakes 
In Excrements again, and hires the Jakes. 
Why hire they not the Town, not ev'ry thing. 
Since fuch as they have Fortune in a String? 
Who, for her Pleafure, can her Fools advance; 
And tofs 'em topmofl on the Wheel of Chance. 
What's V^mt tome, what Bus'nefs have I there^ 
I who can oeilfaer Lie nor falfly Sv^ear? 
Nor prai(e my Patron's undeferving Rhimes, 
Nor yet comfrfy with him, nor with his Times; 
Unskill'd in Schemes by Planets to forefliow. 
Like Canting Raieals, how the Wars will go: 
I neither will, nor can Prognodicate 
To tl|e young gaping Heir, his Father's Fate : 



10 With Tbttmh ^e»r Uck. 
lot Prize of Sword- Pliyers, 
•fcta DIM of the Fencers 
^ the other at kh Htt- 
^> dM Vanqufihfd Party im- 
ploi'd the Clemency of the 



* - •• 



Speaators. If they thougfi^ 
he defeiv'd it not, they held 
op their Thumbs . and* bent 
them backwasdfi in figa of 
Death. 



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i6 JUVENJL. Sat. IK. 

Nor in the Inrrails of a Toad btve pry'dt 
Nor carry'd Cawdy Prdents to a Bride \ 
For want of thefe Town Vinues, that, alone* 
I go conduced on irty Way by none: 
Like a dead Member from the Body rent; 
Maim'd, and umiieful to the Gov^eranKiir. 
Who now is lor'd, but he who lo^es the Timefy 
Confdous of cloie Intrigaes, and dipt in Crimei: 
Laboring with Seaets which his Boibm bum» 
Yet never muft to publick Light remm ? 
'f hey get Rewvd alone who can betny : 
For keeping honeft Coanfids none will payl 
He who can '^^Vtms when he will, accufe* 
The Purfe of Vtrns may at pleafure uie : 
But let not all the Gold which '^ Tt^gus hides> 
And pays the Sea in Tributary Tides, 
Be Bribe fufEcient to corrupt thy Bread.; ^ ■ 

Or violate with Dreams thy peaceful Reft. 
Great Men with jealous Eyes the Friend behold^ 
Whofe Sccreiie they purchafe with their Gold. 
I hide to tell thee, nor (hall Shame oppo(e 
What Confidents our wealthy IRinnMns chofe : 
And whom I mod abhor : To (peak my Mindt 
I hate, in B^mt^ a Grecian Town to find: 
To fee the Scum of Greta tranfplanted here»- 
Receiv'd like Gods, is what I cannot bear. 
Nor Greeks alone, but Syrians here abound, 
Obfcene ^^Orontes diving under ground. 



11 Verres^ Prztei in Sic4ly, 
Contemporary with Cicero 5 by 
whom accus'd of opprcfling 
the Province, he was con- 
demn*d: His Name is us'd 
here for any Rich vicious 

Men. 

12 TAgHs^ a famous River 
in S^MH, which dilcharges it 



felf into Che Ocean ttt^Lif 
bin in P»rtu^Mj. It was held 
of old, CO be fiiU of Golden 
Sands. 

t } Or$Ht4u the greatcft River 
of Srria : The Poet hcft pots 
the River f 01 the Iflhabiraaii 
of Sjfria, 

Conrefi 



II. J V F E N A L. Z7 

is Wealth to ^^Tybn's hungry Shores, 
i Itdfy with foreign Whores: 
r aooked Harps and Cuftonas come; 
eipt in HofpitaUe R^me. 
ous Harlots aowd the publick Place; 
and parchale an unclean Embrace ; 
d Mitre court, and the more painted Face. 
uIhs, and Father Man look down, 
fman primitive, your homely Clown 
Beau in a looie tawdry Gown, 
nkem'd, and horrid Locks, heboid 
:et Oil: his Neck inchain'd with Gold: 
Foreigners in ev'ry Dreis} 
aght at greater Cofb, becomes him lefi, 
they wik\y leave their Native Land, 
r, SamoSi and from dlaband^ 
m, to Rome they fwarm in Shoals: 
nd ea(ie is the Gain from Fools, 
gees at fir ft, they purchafc here: 
as Denizen'd, they domineer, 
he Great, a flatt'ring fervile Rout: 
afelves inward, and their Patrons out. « 
red, Brazen-fac*d, with fluent TongucSt' 
Labours, and didcmbling Wrongs, 
this, and guefs him if you can, 
a Nation in a (ingle Man? 
Conjurer, a Rhetorician, 
Pedant, a Geometrician, 
m the Ropes, and a Phyfician. 
he hungry Greek exadlly knows: 
m go to Hcav*n, to Heav'n he goes. 

i the Rivei which | T(eme ; Son of Msrs, as the 
•#, I Poets fei{;n. The firft T^Mtt 

'MS I Fiift King of [ were ortgiitally Hezdiinca. 



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z» JUVENAL. Sat.. 11^ 

In (hort, no Scythian, Moor^ or Thradan born. 

But '^ in that Town which Arms anid Arts adom» 

Shall he be plac'd above roe at the Board, 

In Purple cloath'd, and lolling like a Lord? 

Shall he before me (ign, whom t'other Oaj 

A fmall-CTaft VefTel hither did convey; 

Where (low'd with Prunes, and rotten Figs» be lay? 

How little is the IVivilege become 

Of being bom a Citizen of R^mei 

The Greeks get all by fulfom Flattcric;^ » 

A mod peculiar Stroke they have at Lies. 

They make a Wit of their infipid Friend ; 

His Blobber-Iips and Beetle-brows commend : 

His long Crane- Neck, and narrow Shoulders praiiies 

You'd think they wei'e defaibing Hercidis, 

A creaking Voice for a clear Trebble goes; 

Tho' harflier than a Cock that Treads and Crows, 

We can as grofly Praifej but, to our Grief, 

No FiattVy but from Grecians gains Belief. 

Bcfides thcfe Qualities, we muft agree 

They Mimick better on the Stage than we: 

The Wife, the Whore, the Shepherded they Play^ 

In fuch a Free, and fuch a Graceful way. 

That we believe a very Woman fhown. 

And fancy fomething underneath the Gown. 

But not '7 Antiochusy nor Sfrafocles, 

Our Ears and ravifh'd Eyes can only pleafc ; 

The Nation is compos'd of fuch as thcfc. 

All Greece is one Comedian : Laugh, and they 

Return it louder than an Afs can bray: 

/ 



16 But in that Town, &c. 
He me»iis Athens j oi which, 
faliAs the Goddefs of Amis 
and Alts was f ationeis^. 



17 sAntiochus and StfMtiltii 
two famous Gretian Mimiekii ; 
ox Adois, in the Fott*s tiiBC* 



Qaati 



lit. y tJ P" E N J L. 

and they Grieye^ if you Weep filently, 
:ms a iilent Eccho io their Eye: 
iQOt Idoum like you, but they can Cry. 
a Fire, their Winter Cloaths they take : 
t you to (hiver, and they (hake: 
and Snow, if you comphun of Heat, 
th' unfweating Brow, and fwear they fweat. 
not on the Square with (uch as thefe. 
our Betters who can better pleaie: 
y and Night are like a Looking- Glafs; 
jT to reflet their Patron's Face. 
;gyrick Hand, and lifted Eye, 
for fome new Piece of Flattery, 
ftinefs, Ocafions will afford; 
iie a belching, or well-pifling Lord, 
here's nothing Sacred, nothing free 
kl Attempts of their rank Letchery. 
e whole Family their Labours run; 
ighter is debauch'd, the Wife is won ; 
>es the Brid^oom, or the blooming Son. 
;hey find for tibeir lewd Purpole fit, 
ith the Walls and very Floors commit, 
urch the Secrets of the Houie, and fb 
(hipp'd there, and fear'd for what they know, 
now we talk of Grecians^ call a view 9 

:, in Schools, their Men of Morals doj ^ 

^ Stoick his own Pupil flew : ^ 

1, againft a Friend of his own Ck>th, 
Ividence, and murther'd on his Oath. 
x>m is left for 'Rpmans in a Town 
recians Rule, and Cbaks controul the Gown? 
Difhilns, or fbme Protogmns, 
irply out, our Senators to (eize : 



riiM, a Stoick, falfly 
Urtds Strenm, as 7»- 



19 Diphitusy and Profgintf^ 
&c. wexc GrccUns living la 



■I 



3 



3o yUFENJL. Sat III] 

Engrofi 'em wholly, by their native Art» \ 

/nd fear'd no Rivals in their Bubbles Heart; i 

One drop of Poifbn in my Patron's Ear> \ 

One flight Suggeftion of a fenfelefe Fear^ 

Infus'd with Cunning, ferves to ruin me^ 

Difgrac*d, and baniih'd from the Family; 

In vain forgotten Services I boaft^ 

My long Dependance in an Hour is lofl: 

Look round the Work], what Country will appear, 

Where Friends are left with greater Ea(e than here? 

At BfitM (nor think me partial to the Poor) 

All Offices of ours are out of Door : 

In vain we rife, and to the Levees runs 

My Lord himfelf is^ up, before, and gone: 

The Praetor bids his Lidors mend their paoe^ 

Left his Colleague out-flrip him in the Race i. 

The Childifli Matrons are, long fince, .awgkej 

^d, for Affronts, the tardy Vifits take. 

'Tis frequent, here, to fee a free-born Spa 
On the left-hand of a rich Hireling run : 
Becaufe the wealthy Rogue can throw away, , . 
For half a Brace of Bouts, a TribuneV Pay v 
But you, poor Sinner, tho* you bve the Vlce^ 
And like the Whore, demure upon the Price; 
And, frighted with the wicked Sum, forbear 
^To lend a Hand, and help her from the Chair. 

Produce a Witnefs of unblcmifli'd Lifie,- 
Holy as Numa, or as Numa*s Wife, 
Or ^o him who bid th' unhallow'd Flames retire^ 
And fnatch'd the trembling Goddefs from the Fkei 
The Queflion is not put how far exteads 
His Piety, but what he yearly fpends: 



2e Or him who ^iV, &C. £ff- 
tius Idettllus the High-Friefts 
who when the Temple of Vifi^ 



was on FiMy ftv'4 the P«/^ 

(MA I 



III. JVFENAL. %\ 

« 

) the Bus'nefs; how he lives and eatsr 
;ely gives; how fplendidly he treats: 
17 thou^od Acres feed his Sheep, 

his Rents, what Servants does he keepf 
rant is foon cad up s the Judges rate 
it in the Court by our Eftate. 

our Gods, or tbofe the Gretki adore> 

as fare forfworn, as thou art poor: 
• muft gain their Bread by Pcrjuryi ? 

the Gods, that other Means deny, ^ 

ience muft abfolve 'cm, when they lye. \^ 

that the Rich have ftill a Gibe in ftorci 

be moRfbous witty on the Poor: 
orn Surtout and the tatter'd Veftr 
tch and ail his Wardrobe are a Jeft : 
iie Gown, fuRy'd with often turning, 
7ood hinti to iay. The Man's in Mourning: 

Shoe be ript, or Patches put, 
inded? fee the Plaifter on his Foot,- 
the Scorn of evVy wealthy Fool 5 

in Rags is turn'd to Ridicule. 

ce, and from the Cover'd Benches rifiry. 

ftcr of the Ceremonies crics^ 

place for you, whoie fmall £(Ute' 
e Value' of the fettled Rate : 
s of happy Punks, the Pandar's Heir, 
leg^d to (it in Triumph there, 
the fir ft, and rule the Theatre, 
le Galleries, for fhame retreat; 
the II B^fc'mn Law, the Poor can claim no Scat. 
T brought to his rich Daughter's Bed, 

1 that poli'd but Twelve- pence for his Head? 



\ 



r^^tf Kofcian i^4w,&e. 
Trtbune, who oid«i*d 
o^^ioa of Places in 






Publick Shows, bctwiit the 
Nobli>>meii of %jm9 and rhc 



^- J 



•Ji JUVENAL. Sat. I 

'Who ever nam'd a poor Man for his Heir, 
Or caTd him to afM the Judging Chair ? 
The Poor were wile, who by the Rich opprefs'd* 
Withdraw,. and fought a facred Piacc of Reft. 
Once they did well, to free themfelves from Scorns 
But had done better never to return. 
Rarely they Rife by Virtue'* Aid, -who lie 
PJung'd in the depth of helplefs Poverty. 
At Komt 'tis worfej where Houfc-Rent by the Year, 
And Servants Bellies coft fo deviliQi dearj 
And Tavern- Bills run high for hungry Chear, 
To drink or eat in Earthen- ware we fcoro, 
W'^'ich cheaply Country-Cupboards does adorn: • - 
And coarfe blue Hoods on Holy-days are wom« 
Some diftant Parts of Italy are known, 
"Where ^^ none but only dead Men wear a Gown: 
On Theaters of Turf, in homely State, 
Old Plays they ad, oki Feafts they celebrate: ; 

The fame rude Song returns upon the Crowd, 
And, by Tradition, is for Wit allow'd. 
The Mimick yearly gives the fame Delights} 
And in the Mother's Arms the Clowntfh Infant fiightli 
Their Habits fundiftinguilh'd by Degree) 
Are plain, alike i the fame Simplicity, 
Both on the Stage, and in the Pit* you fie, 
.In his white Cloak the Magiftrate appears^ 
^ The Country Bum kin the fame Liv'ry wears* 
But here, Attir'd beyond our Purfe we go, 
For ufelefs Ornament and flaunting. Show: 
We take on truft, in Purple Robes to (hine^ 
And poor, are yet ambitious to be fine. 



21 Where none but only dedd 
.^ Meuf &Ci The meaning is, 
_that Men in fome parts of 



Italy never wore a Gown 
ufual ttabit of the 'iom, 
till they wexc bwj'd ino 



^' 



'. III. y u r E N J L. 9^ 

} a common Vice; tho' all things here 
M, and fold unconfinonably dear, 
will 70a give that ^iCoJfus may but view 
Face, and in the Crowd diftinguifli youi 
ake your Inceofi like a Gracious God* 
ifwer only with a dvil Nod ? 
a(e our Patrons, in this vicious Age, 
ake our Entrance by the Fav'rice Page : 
fiis fird Down, and when he polls his Hair» 
^nfecrated Locks to Temples bear : 
ibutal-y Cracknels, which he iells, 
ivith our OfPrings, help to raife his Vails* 
a fears in Country-Towns a Houiib*s fallb . 
be caught betwixt a riven Wall? 
c inhabit a weak City, hcrej 
I Buttredes and Props but fcarcely bearr 
is the Village- Maibn's daily Calling, 
ep the World's Metropolis from falling, 
anfe the Gutters, and the Chinks to do(e$ 
for one Night, fecure his Lord's Repofe. 
m€ we can flccp quite round the Year, 
alls, nor Fires, nbr Nightly Dangers fear ^ 
rolling Flames from Roman Turrets fly, 
le pale Citizens for Buckets cry. 
*^eighbour has- removed his wretched Store 
Hands will rid the Lumber of tbe Poor) 
>wn third Story fmokes, while thou, fupinct 
ench'd in Fumes of undigefted Wine, 
tbe loweft Floors alread v bumi 
lofts and G^SKis foon will take the Turn. 
: 24 thy tame Pidgeons next the Tiles were brci, 
I, in their Neds uniafe, are timely fled. ^ . 

ejjUs is hec< taken fot 1 &c. Thc%omMnsv$*i tobrecJ 
eat Man* I <httr tame VidfCOM in theis 

Wbjrithy tajntFid^itnj, \ Gancts, 



34 JV VENAL. Sat. m. 

^f Coitus had but one Bed, fo (hort to boor. 
That hb (hort Wife's (hort Legs hung dangling ou^ 
His Cupboard's Head fix Earthen Pitchers grac'd» 
Beneath 'em was his trufty Tankard placed « 
And, to fupport this Noble Plate, there lay 
A bending Chirm caft from honed Clays 
His few Gfitk Books a rotten Cheft contain'd; 
Whofe Covers much of Mouldinefs complain'd: 
Where Mice and Rats devour'd Poetick Breads 
And with Heroick Verie luxurioufly were fied. 
^is true, poor CUrus nothing had to boaft» 
And yet poor Codrus all that nothing loft. 
Beggfd naked through the Streets of wealthy 'Rmmi 
And found not one to feed, or take him heme. 

But if the Palace of Artwrus burn, 
The Nobles change their Cloaths, the Matrons monmi 
The City-Prartor will no Pleadings hear; 
The very Name of Fire we hate and fear : 
And look aghaft, as if the Gnuh were here. 
While yet it burns, th' officious Nation flics. 
Some to condole, and fome to bring Supplies: 
One fends him Marble to rebuild, and one 
With naked Statues of the Vwr'tm Stone, 
The Work oiTolycltte, that fcem to live j 
While others Images for Altars give; 
One Books and Skreens, and Vallas to the BreaA^ 
Another Bags of Gold, and he gives beft. 
Childlcfs Artur'tm^ vaftly rich before. 
Thus by his Loflfes multiplies hfs Store: 
Sufpefted for Accomplice to the Fire, 
That l>urat his Palace but to build it higher. 



as r«^rMi, a Learned Man, 
very poor: by his Books fup- 
pos'd to be a Foce. For, in 
«U probaiiility, the Hcxoick 



Verfes here mentloaM wblcl 
Rats and MicedeYOtti'd.wciC 

m 



Sat. IH. J U F E N A L, jf 

But, cvd'd yoa be-^ontent to bid adieu 
To the dcdr PkyHoufe, and tbe Players too: 
Sweet Countrj Seats are purchas'd c?'ry where, 
Whh Lands and Gardens, at leis Price than here 
Tou hire a darkibme Dog-hole by the Year* 
A fmall Convenience decently prepared, 
A (hallow Well that rifes in your Yard, 
That rpreads his eafie Chryftal Streams around. 
And waters all tbe pretty Spot of Ground. 
There, lore the Fork, thy Garden cultivate, 
And give thy frugal Friends '^a ?ythagortan Treat,' 
lis (omewhat to be Lord of (bme fmall Ground 
In which a Lizard may, at Icaft, turn round. 

'Tis frequent, here, for want of Sleep to dies 
Which Fumes of undigefted Feails deny \ 
And, with imperfe^ Heat, in languid Stomachs firy. 
What Honfe iecure from Noife the Poor can keep. 
When cy'nthe Rich can fcarce afR>rdto (lecpi 
So dear it cods to purchafe Refl in Komti 
And hence the Sources of Difeafcs come. 
The Drover who his Fellow- Drover meets 
la ninrow PalTages of winding Streetsj 
The Waggoners that curfc their (landing Teanw, 
Wou*d wakeev'n drufic Bfufius from his Dreams. 
Aad yet the Wealthy will not brook delay, 
^ fweep above our Heads, and make their way; 
In lofty Litters bom, and read, and write, 
Or fleep at eafe» The Shutters make it Nighr. 
Yctftill he reaches, firft, the publick Place: 
The Preafe before him ftops the Client's pace. 
The Crowd that follow$ crufti his panting Sides,' 
And trip his Heels; he vvalks not, but he rides. 
One elbowi him, one juftles in the Sbole: 
A Rafter breaks his Head, or Chairman's Pole: 

16 ^ Pytbaiortan Treat : Hc means Hexbs, Koors, Fniltf, 
iftd Salla4s. 



5^ y U r EN jf L. Sat. H?. 

Stocking with loads of fat Town-Dirt he goesi^ 
/nd fome Rogue- Soldier, with his Hob-iudl'd Slioc«» 
Indents his Legs behind in bloody rows. 

See with what Smoke our Doles we celebrate: 
A hundred Guefts, invited, walk in ftatc: 
A hundred hungry Slaves, fwith their Dtitcb Kitchins wait.| 
Huge Pans the Wretches on their Head muft hcaff. 
Which fcarce *7 Gygantick CorM^ cou*d rear: 
Yet they muft walk upright beneath the Load^ 
Nay, run, and running blow the fparkling Fiamea abrolcL 
Their Coats, from botching newly brought, are torn. 
Unweiidly Timber -trees in Waggons born. 
Stretched at their length, beyond their Carriage lie ; 
Tha' nod, and threaten Ruin from on high. 
For, fhou*d their Axel break, its overthrow 
Would cruOi, and pound to duft, the Crowd bdow: 
Kor Friends their Friends, nor Sires their Sonscouki know:. 
Nor L'vfnbs, nor Bones, nor Carcaf<: would remaia: 
But a mafh'd heap, a Hotchpotch of the Slain, 
One vaft Deftruflionj not the Soul alone. 
But ^'•odies. like the Soul, invifitly are flown. 
Mean-time, unknowing of their Fellows Fate, 
The Servants wafh the Platter, fcour the Plate, 
Then blow the Fire, with puffing Cheeks, and ky 
The Rubbers, and the Bathing (heets dilplays 
And oyl them Brft; and each is handy in his way. 
But he, for whom this bulie care they take. 
Poor Ghofl, is wandring by the Stj^m Lake: 



9 



27 Cy^anttck^Cerbuh. CorbuU 
was a famous General in Nn»*s 
time, who conquexM Armenia, 
and was afterwards put to 
Death by that Tyrant, when 
he was in Greece, in reward 



of his great Services. His 
Statuie was not only tall, t* 
bove the ordinary Size: but 
he was alfo propoxtioaaUy 
ftiong. 



a- 



Jat, in. JVV EN AU '%J 

iffin'ghted with ^^the Ferryman's grim Face) 
^ew to the Horrours of that uncouth Places 
-lis Paf&ge b^s with unregarded Pray'r: 
\nd wants two Farthings to difchaige his Fare. 

Return we t» the Dangers of the Nights 
\nd, firft, behold^ur Houfes dreadful height : 
From whence come broken Potlherds tumbling down; 
And leaky War^, from Garret Windows thrown: 
V^ell may they break eurHeads, that mark the flinty Stone. \ 
*ris want of Senie to fup abroad too iates 
Unlefs thou firft haft feided thy Eftate. 
As many Fates attend thy Seeps to meet* 
As there are waking Windows in the Street* 
Blefs the good Gods, and think thy Chance is rare 
To have a Pifs-pot only for thy (hare. 

The fcouring Drunkard, if he does not fight 
Before his Bedtimej takes no reft that Night. 

PalTing the tedious Hours in greater pain 

Than ^^ftem AcUilUsy when his Friend was (lain: 

'Tls fo ridic'lous, but fo true withal* 

A Bully cannot deep without a Braul: 

Yet tho' his youthful Blood be fir'd with Witie, 

He wants not Wit the £>anger to decline : 

Is cautious to avoid the Coach and Six, 

Aod on the Laquies will no Quarrel fix. 

Hb Train of Flanibeaus, and Embroidered Coat,^ 

May privilege my Lord to walk fecure on Foot. 

Hot me, who muft by Moon-light homewtitd bttid. 

Or lighted only with a Candle's end, 

Poor me he fights, if that be Fighting, where 

He only Cudgels, and I only bear. 

He ftands, and bids me ftand: I muft abide i 

For he's the (farooger, and is Druak beiide. 



r*» the F«cty*maa of Hell, 
iOf cVaij Sottl| 



. t^StfmAchiHfu The Friend ^ 
of i^hHhSfmM Putuclm, who^ 



^ yUFENAL. Sat. 

where dU you whet your Knife to Digfat> be crtei» 
And flired the Leeks that in your Stomach rife? 
Whofe windy Beam have ftuft your Guts, and wIkto 
Have your bkck Thumbs been dipt in Vinegar? 
With what Companion-Coblcr have yon fed. 
On old Oz-cheeks, or He-Goats tougher Head? 
What, are you dumb? Quick, with your Anfwer, quick^ 
Before my Foot (alutes you with a Rick. 
Say, in what nafty Cellar under Ground, 
Or what Church-Porch, your Roguefhip may be fiwD^!' 
Anfwer, or anfwer not, 'tis all tl^ fame: '' 

He lays me on, and makes me bear the blame. 
Before the Bar, for beating him, you corner 
This is a poor Man's Liberty in "Rmni 
You beg his Pardon i happy totrctreat 
With ibme remaining Teeth, to chew your Meat 

Nor is this alii for, when retk'd, yoo think 
To deep (ecurelys when the Candles wink. 
When ev'ry Door with Iron Chains is barr'dy 
And roaring Taverns are no longer beard i 
The Ruffian Robbers by no Juftice aw*d. 
And unpaid Cut-throat Soldiers, are abroad. 
Thole venal Souls, who hardned in each lib 
To fave Complaints and Profecurion, kiH. 
Chas'd firom their Woods and Bog5, the Padders come 
To this vaft-Cityv as their Native Homes 
To live at eafe, and (afely fculk in Rmm. 

The Forge so.Fetters only is employ'd % 
Our Iron Mines exhaufted and dedroy'd 
In Shade<i for theie Villains (carce allow 
Goads for the Te^ms, and Plough-fhares for the Plougb, 
Oh happy Ages of our Anceftors, 
Beneath ? the Kings and Tribunitial Pow'rsf 



30 Betitath thf K^m^s, &€. 
7i»m* v'as crigiaally xulM by 
Kings » till ^t theKape of 



Lutr€tl*9 T^r^in the ftooi, 
was expel I'd. Ahei which it 
was govcu'd by two Coniiilf, 

ye«!r 



HI. yUFRNAL, 

1 dU all thdr Crimiiuds icftrain ; 

low the WaUs of Hmm can fcarce contaio. 

I cou'd £7, more Caofes I cou'd (how 

Departarci but the Sun is low: 

ggoner grows weary of my ftay ; 

ips his fclor&s forwards on their wayJ 

; and when like me o'erwhelm'd with care 

^oor own 3' jiqumum (hall repafa*, 

a mouthful of iweet Country Air, 

fill of your Friends and &nd me word, 

ys your Fountains and cod Shades afibrd: 

y affift your Satyrs, I will come; 

new Venom when you write of Rom$. 



Jr 



lofcii I bat they op- 
he People, theCom- 
notiiiy'd, and- pro- 
iKmes to beezMted, 
adtdthcii FdTileges, 



and often oppos'd the Coai: 
fulai Anthoxity, and theSe*^ 
•nate, 

pla^e f f Jmtn^i^ 




yurjS' 



[40] 



^ U V Ej 

TH-i; 

FOURTH '$1 



BythcReV. Mr. «/e///fAZ) DC/jQ 



The ARGUMENT 

7%f Poet iinbis Satyr firShings in CnipinM^ 
be had a Lap at in bis firfl Satyr, and wi 
fromifes here mt to be foreetfui of for- tb^ fi 
He exfiojii his monfirous ProdigaJiiy and I 
in giving the Priie of an EJiale fer a X 
ana Jrom Ihtnct tsket oecafiSn ffintrodt^ 
principal SubjeS, and trne Defign of thir S 
vihico is grounded spon a ridiintous Story 
Tarint prefented to Domitian, offo vaji a A 
that all the Emperor''s ScutUry had mt a Di^f^ 
enaughto holdit: Upon which the Senate i» J 
hajle is fumaia'i'd, to canf«/t in this Exigencj, 
tiihatiifittffl to be Sne. The Poet gives ns* 
FartittOaref tht Senators Names, their t^JiaS 
Ciara^tn, 



5 AT. IV. JV rE N At. 41 

ChdraHers^ and Speeches^ and Advice \ and after 
much and wifi Confmkation^ an Expedient being 
found out amd agreed etfon^ be difmijjes the Senate^ 
and concludes the Satyr. 

ONCE more Cri/fimis, «ll'd upon the Stage, 
('Nor (hall once more fuffice) provokes my Rage; 
A Monfter, to whom cvVj Vice lays claim, 
Without one Virtue to redeem his Fame. 
Peeble and (ick, yet firong in Lud alone, 1 

The rank Aduk'rer preys on all the Town, V 

All but the Widow's naufeoas Charms go down*. J 

What matter jhen how ftately is the Arch 
Where his tir'd Mules flow with their Burden march ? 
What matter then how thick and long the Shade 
Through whi^h, by fweating Slaves, he is convey'd? 
How many Acres near the City Walls, 
Or new-built Palaces, his own he calls ? 
Ko ill Man's happy $ Isaft oF all is he 
iX^hofe ftudy 'tis to' corrupt (%a(Hty. 
W inceftnous Brute, who tfte vdl'd Veftal Maid 
Sat lately to his'impiourBed betSray'd, 
Wb for her Crime, « if Law's their Courfe might havei 
Ought to de(cend alive into the Grave. 

Bat now ot flighter Faults } and yet the £une 
»f others done, tSi Cenfor's Juftice claim. 
For what good Men ignoble count and baie, 
h Virtue here, and does Cri/pmus grace: 
h this he's fafe, whate'er we write of him, 
tht Perlbn is more odious than the Crime. 



I // Lmvjs thfir tpurftt He. 
<^ht to tUfctmdy &C. Crifpinus 
had deflow c'd ayeftal Virgin, 
^ by .hisFavouiwithz>«Mi<i'A», 
^efcapMchcPntiiihtiieixt doe 
to hei OfiBce, which was to 



be bailed alive by NHma*s Law ^ 
as may be feen in Livy, /. i. 
and is more patticulatly de- 
fcfib'd in Plmmh'i Life Of 



41 JUVENAL. SAT.iy. 

And {o an Satyr'i loft. The bvilh Slave 

Six ^ thouiand Pieces finr a Barbel gave ; 

A Sefterce for each Pound it wdgh'd, as tbejr 

Give oat, that hear great things, but greater fiji 

If bj this Bribe well plac'd, he would eofiiare 

Some faplefs Ufurer that wanes an Heir \ 

Or if this Preient the (ly Courtier meant* 

Should to r«me Punk of Quality be fint. 

That in her eafy Chan* in State dors ride* 

The Glafles all drawn up on ^v'ry fide, 

rd praife his Cunning \ but expei9: not this, ■ 

For his own Gut he bought the fhtely Ftfli. 

Now ev'n ) A^wm Frugal ieems, and Poor» 

Outvy'd in Luxury unknown befbrs. 

Gave you, Cri/pinHs, you this mighty Sjimf 
Toa, thaty for want of other Rag?» did come- 
In our own Country Paper wrapp'd, to Rome i 
Do Scales and Fins bear Price to this Excefi F 
You might have bought the Fiflierman for lefi; 
For leis fome Plrovinccs whole Acrea fiU*. 
Nay, 4 io Aftduh if you bargain wdb 
A Manor wou'dcoil lefi than fucfa a Meal. ' 

What think we then of his f luxurious Lord F 
What Banquets loaded that Imperial Board ? 



i 



2 Six thonftind Piecss, Six 
tboufand of the 7^«OT4fi Sefier^ 
tit, which make dx StftertU^ 
according to out Account, 46 /. 
17 J. 6d, 

i N»u} even Apicius. A Man 
fot Gluttony and Ptodigality 
famous even to a Proverb, 
who having (pent moft of his 
vaft Eftate upon his Gut, for 
fear of Want poyfon'd him- 
iclf. Senec, 

4 Niiy in Apulia. Part of I 



luly^ near the ^AdrUiti<\Q^* 
where Land it fecma was veif 
cheap, eithiei for the banen- 
nefs and cragged height of thi 
Mountains, orforthe onwhol- 
fomenefs of the Air, and the 
wind ^AtAbulus . H»rs,t. Uk» !• 
Sau 5. Montes KApulid m§t§i --^ 
ijuos torret ^AteAulmt & fMt 
ntmquam irepfknms^ 6cc» 
5 His l$uc$iri»m Lrd* tk^ 

Emperox Dtmtisu* 



Ur. IV. JUFtNAL. 4$ 

^hen in one Di(h, that takea from the reft 

jis conflant Table wou'd have hardly mift, 

k) many Sefterces were fwaQow'd down. 

To (luff one Scarlet- coated Court Buffoon, 

Whom Bjnm of all her Knights now Chiefieft greel^ 

Prom crying (linking Fidi about the Streets. 

Begin, Calliope, but not to (ing : 
Plain, honed IVuth we for our Subjefl bring, 
^elp then, ye young Tierian Maids, to tell 
K downright Narrative of what bcfcl. 
\flFord me willingly your £iaed Aids, [Maids, 

Vie that have caU'd you young, me that have (lyl'd yea 

When he» with whom ^the Flavian Race decay 'd, ^ 
rhe groaning World with Iron Scepter fway'd, ^ 

^hen 7 a baM Nero reign'd, and ier vile Rome obey*d| J 
V^e Venus' Shrine does fair Ancona grace, 
i Turbut taken of prodigious Space, 
iird the extended Net, not lefs than thofi 
That dull M4t^is does with Ice enclofe, 
rai conqoer'd by tbe Sun's prevailing Elay, 
t opens to the Tontick Sea their way i 
knd throws them out unweildy with their Growth^ 
^at with long eafe, aad a whole Winter's floth: 
rhe wife Commander of the Boat and Lines 
'or * our High-Prieft the (lately Prey dc(igns; 



6 The Flavian T^m decAy^L 
>9mtU» wasthelaft andwocft 
»f the FlAvUn Family, which 
ho* at firfl ob(cure, yet had 
loduc'd great and good Men. 
\iifublica fu^md^HMmpgnitendd , 
ays StmoH. 9. For of this Fa- 
oUjr were Vtffafian and Thus. 

T\A kM Nfre* Vemiiian^ 



who could not fo much as beat 
with Patience the mention of 
baldnefs, tho' in Jeft only, and 
obje^ed to another, as Sti€to» 
nius in his Life tells us. And 
who, for his Cruelty, is hei0 
caird a fecond ATrKf. 

% Our High'Priefi. The Enir 

fioi» 



I 

44 JUVENAL. Sat. IV#i 

For who that Lo:d)y Fi(h durft (ell or buy. 

So many Spies and Court- Informers nigh? 

No Shoar but of thii Vermin Swarms docs bar. 

Searchers of Mud and Sea- weed ! that would fwear 

The Fifh had long in Cf/kr's Ponds beea fed^ \ 

And trom its Lord undutifuhy fled; 

So, juflly ought to be again refloi'd. 

Nay, if you aedit Sage 9 fdfhuriu^ Word, ' 

Or dare rely on ArmUltuui' Skill, 

Whatever Fifli the vu:gar Fry excel 

Bdong to CdfoTi whciefoe'er they fwioit 

By their own Worth confilicated to him. 

The Boat-man then Oiall a wife Present makf^ 
And give the Filh, before the Seizcrs take. 

Now fickly AutumR to dry FroHs give wtjt 
Cold Winter rag*d, and frefh prefenr'd the Preyi 
Yet with (iich hafte the bufy Fiihes flew. 
As if a hot South-Wind Corruprion blew: 
And now he reach'd the Lake, *<> where what raniins 
Of Jllbfif itill her antient Rites retains. 



from liis Inftimting the Col- 
lege of the ^IbM Priefts, of 
whom he was as it were Chief $ 
or for taking upon him the 
Ofice of Pontiftx MaxunHs, in 
'the Condemnation of the Ve- 
ftal Virsin CtrnetUi or, more 
•generally, becauie often the 
Emperors aflumM both the 
Title and Office of High-Fried. 

9 Patphurims and ^rmillatus. 
Both Men of Confular Degree : 

Xawyers, and Spies, and In- 
formers, and fo Favourites of 

10 WhM rmiin$ #/ Alba»l 



4re, ^lU Longs, botlt by Jlr 
r4;i/i#/,about fifteen MUesfiMi 
%omt^ was deftroy'd afktfty 
ThUus H9fitlmsy the Tenplti 
only excepted, {Ltv. /. i.) TM 
^/^4»i upon this their Misfte* 
tune neglefting their Wodufi 
were by fuodry Ptodij^cofli- 
manded to reftore thdx sa- 
cient Rites, the ehief of whkh 
was the keeping petpetnsUy 
burning the VeflalFires whldi 
was brought thithet by' c^d&MM 
and his Tr$j4ni as afacal Ple^ 
of the perpetuity ef the ^ 
mM Empire^ 



IV. y V F E N J L, 4f 

(hips Viflih '' tho' an faombler way^ 

the hallow'd Trojm Fire decay. 

wondrii^ Croud that to (bange Sights tdkxt% 

ak*d a while bis Pai&ge to the Court, 

h gives way \ ope flies the Rilace-Gate, 

:but enters in» wirhout the '^ Fathers wait. 

t-man fbait does to Jtflrides prefs, 

; prefents his Fi(h» and his Addreis : 

t. Dread Sir, this Tribute firom the Main» 

It for private Ritchins to contain. 

glad Genius ficrifice this Day, 

mon Meats refpedfiilly give way. 

unload your Stomachs to receive 

rbut, that for you did only live. 

preierv'd to be Imperial Food, 

:he Net, and to be taken proud. 

fuUbm this ! how grofi ! yet this takes weB, 

vain Prince with empty Pride does fwelL 

fi> monlhous can be faid or fcign'd* 

\ Belief and Joy is entertain*d, 

» his Face the worthlefs Wretch is prais'd, 

lie Court-Flatt'ry to a God has raised. 

Ii hard Fate! the Palace Stores no Di(h 

rapacious of the mighty Fifh. 

Debate are fummon'd all the Peers, 

J and much-hated Councilors. 

c pale Looks thatghaftly Terror fat, 

nta the dangerous Friendlhip of the Great! 

I bod Libitmitm that the Senate call'd, 

n M$ feti hi*s fett no iboner baul'd. 



1^ Ji» humkler way, 
SjB.more ftatelyTem- 
i4tO Vtjfa at '^me by 
inthuat ^Iha, where 
• Gciemonks were 



li The Fathers, The Senate 
always fo caU'd. Patres Ctn^ 
fcripti. 

li Thehmd Libmrnian, Sotot 
fay that of the People of this 
Gonntiy, which b pact of //• 



45 JV VENAL. Sat. 

IBut with his Robe fnatch'd up in hafte, does come 

P#^4y»j,H Bailiff of affrighted Bjxme. 

What more were Prxfeds then ? The Bell he wtf» 

And faithfulleft Expounder of the Ijiws. 

Yet in ill times thought all things manag'd bed. 

When Juilice ezercis'd her Sword the Inift. 

OldCri/^Mjnezt, Pleafant, tho*Old, appctffs 
His Wit nor Humour yielding to his Years : 
His Temper mild, good Nature join*d with Senfe* 
And Manners charming as his Eloquence. 
Who fitter for a ufefiil Friend than he. 
To the great Ruler of the Eirth and Sea, 
If as his Thoughts were juft, his Tongue were fiee? 
If it were fafe to veat his GcnVous Mind 
To Viomii dire Plague, and Terror of Mankind* 
If auel Pow'r could fbfbing Couniel bear \ 
But what's fb tender as a Tyrant's Ear ? 
With whom whoever, tho' a FavVite, fpake. 
At ev'ry Sentence fet bis Life at (lake, 
Tho* the Difcourfe were of no weightier things 
Than fultry Summers, or uahealthful Springs. 



IV.' 



lyncum^ the % omans made their 
Cryers, becaufe of their loud 
Voices. Others take Libumus 
for the proper Name of one 
Man— Liburnus xhM the St- 
nste call^iL 

14 Pegafus^ Bdiliff'. A Citi- 
sxn of KAll/af a very learned 
Lawyer, and ?zxfc£t or Chief 
Magifirate of T{omf, He calls 
him here Bailiff.* As if7{9me 
by Domitian*s Craclty, had fo 
fat loft its Liberty and Privi- 
leges, that it now was no better 
than a Country Village, and fit 
to he govcia*d by no bcuci 



than a Bailiff. 

IS Oid CriJ^HS^ (VihhuCHf. 
pus.) This was he that made 
the known Jeft upon Dvmituafi 
killing Flies. When one Day 
DomitiMn being alone in hit 
Clofer, and being ask'd. Whe- 
ther there was any one left 
within with the Emperor! He 
an(wer*d, No, not fb much as 
a Fly. The Names andCba- 
raders of moft of lhe(e Seat- 
tors here mentioned may he 
found in Stut9niu/% Life ll 
Domtitrnf and in TMttmm 

Tins 



IV. JUrENAL. 47 

n he knew, and tboefoce never oy'd 
s weak Anns to flem the fhooger Tyde. 
all Kffifffi grown Spiritlefs, fopply 
:hat for bold Truth durft bravely die. 
)7 wife complying Silence, he . 
that Court did fburfcore Summers (ce. 

him AcilwSf tho* his Age the fame, 
ger hade to the Grand Council came : 
m a Youth, unworthy of the Fate 
i too near his growing Virtues wait, 
y the Tyrant's Cnvy, Fear, or Hate. 

long fince Old Age began to be 
\c Blood noleis than Prodigy, 
; 'tis Vd rather be of "^^Giants Birth, 
ly-Brother to thofe Sons of Earth.) 
>y Youth ! whom from his dedin'd End* 
l-diflembled Madnefs could defend j 
laked in the Jtl6an Theater, 
w Bears he fixe his hunting Spear, 
es not now thro' the Lord's thin Di^^]le, 
ng (eem'd Fools do prove at hft more wife? 
ate-Coort Trick is now too open laid : 
3w admires the ■7Part old Brutus play'd? 
loneft Times might fwaOow this Pretence, 
s the King's Beard was dcepa than his Senfe. 



Cnielty, till he had gain*d a 
fit time to deftrpy him, revenge 
kis Brother'^ andCoantrymeas 
Deaths, mndittt*^me. 

It Whea tht KJfl^s Beard, 
In thole tncieac and more fim- 
p)e timet, when it was the 
Cuftottn never to (have their 
Beards: For 400 Tears there 

_ , was no fuch thing as aBaibes 

aviHdfid the Tyrant's i heard of in l^t m«« 



r GUnts Birth. Of an 
and unknown Family. 
e fart bU Brutus fUy*d, 
uiown Story, how Brn" 
ling that his own Bro- 
ad fbme of the moft 
rable Men of ^omeYtaA 
It to Death by Tmrtjui' 
ttferhtut .counterfeited 
a Madman or Fool, 



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JXiV EUAtTi SAi. I 



Next TtMhrius came, <v tho* oot of Noble Race^ ■ 
"With equal Marks of Terror in his Face. 
Pale with the gnawing Guilt and inward Shame 
Of an old Crime that is not fit to name. 
Worfe, yet in Scandal taking more delight. 
Than ^^ the vile Pathiek that durfl Satyr write. 

"Muntmui^ Belly next, advancing {low» 
Before the fweating Senator did go. 

jCri/pmus SLhety but much Tweeter, comei^ 
S^ted with coitiy Oils and Eaftem Gunu, 
Rlore than would Care two FunVals for Periumei. y 

Then fomfey^ none more skilled in the Court-Game 
Of cutting Throats with a Toft Whifper, came. 

Next Tufcus^ he who many a peaceful Day 
For 21 D«rM» Vukures was reierv'd a Prey, 
Till having (ludy*d War enough at home* 
He led abroad th' unhappy Arms of Rom$, 

Cunning Vtjtnto next, and by his fide 
Bloody Catullus leaning on bis Guide, 
Decrepit, yet a furious Lover he, 
And dcq>ly fmit with Charms he could not fee. 
A Monfler, thSit eVen this word Age out-viea» 
r Confpicuous and above the common fize. 



19 ThQ* not of Noble 7^4«, 
with e^0l Marks of Tewror, 
For DomitUn's Ctutlty reach'd 
CTCA to the Conamon People, 
and thofe of lower Birth, which 
(in the end of this Satyr) the 
Poet tells us, caus'd his De- 
Aruftion. 

20 The viU Pathiek* Neroi 
who wrote a .Sacyt n^n ^im*- 
tianm , .whom he chargjes with 
his own pzofiigat^ LfwdocTi 



and Debauchery. Tm, \Am 
XI PorDdtign Vulturof, 
nelitts FufcHs, a Noblemi 
no manner of Expedenci 
more knowledge m Wa 
fairs, than what he had 1 
ed in hb own Conaorf R 
ntent, was yet by i>«i 
twice fcnt with am Axmy a| 
the Ddciansg in the* U 
which hi^ Mmj wapM 
and himfelf flaiii. \ 



. T. IV. y U'V E N'^A L. 4X> 

)lind bi(e FIatt*rer,^^firom fome Bridge or Gate» 
!s'd to a murd'riog Minifter of State. , 
(crving ftill to beg upon the Road, 
d blefs each pafTing Waggon and its Loid. 
)ne more admir'd the Fiili; he in its Praiie 
ith Zeal his Voice, with Zeal his Hands did raiie. . 
It to the left all his fine things did faj, 
hilft on his right the unfeen Turbut iaj* 
\ he the fam*d C'llician Fencer prais'd, 
nd at each hit with Wonder feeip'd amaz.M. 
3 did the Scenes and Stage Machines admire, 
nd Boys that flew th-o' Canvas Clouds in Wyrei 
Nor came Vejentfi fhorti but as infpir*d 
ly thee, BtlUnHj by thy Fury fir'J, 
Turns Prophet: See,, the mighty Omen, fie, 
:le cries, of fome illuftirious Vi^oryl 
Some Captive King, thee his new Lord ihall owa : 
y from his Brltifh Chariot headlong thrown, 
The^B proud jirvira^us come tumbling down ! 
The Monder's foreign. ^4 Mark the pointed Spears 
That firom thy Hand on his pierc'd Back he wears ! 
Who Nobler could, or plainer things prcfige? 
Yet one thing 'fcapM him, the Prophecick ^age . 
Shewed not the Turbut's Country, nor its Ajge» 
At length. by Otfar the grand Q^edion's put: 
My Lords, your Judgment i Shall the FiHi m cut ? 
Far be it, far from us! Mont anus cries; 
Let's not di(honour thus the Noble Prize I 



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11 ¥fm Bridge §r Cdtt. The 
a>ii|mon Staadf foe Beggan. 
.19 r^#fri4NiArviragus. One 
if the aacicDt; Bffpjh Kiags. 

14 Mmt^ tb€jfinttd Spfdrs, 

U makes the f latteiec call 



the (harp Fini riiing on the 
Fiih's.back, Spciiisi and to 
(tgnify and portend that /)•- 
mitidn (ball dick the like in 
fome foreign Enemy. 



CO yUFE N A. L. Sa.t. 

A Pot of fineft Earth* thin, deep* and wide. 
Some >f skilful quick Mmr/i&f*/ mad pitmdie. 
Clay and the tormiog Whed prepare with (peed« 
But. Cdfrr^ be it from henceforth dtcrccd. 
That Potters on the Royal Progrefi wait* 
Taflift intbefe Emergencies of State. 

This Cotitidl pieas'd i nor cou'd it fail to take. 
So fit, fo worthy of the Man that fpake. 
The old Court Rioti he reitiember^d^ well, 
Could Tales of JSltrp^i Midnight Suppers tell, 
"When ¥Mlim Wines the kb'ring Lungs did &e» 
And to new Dainties kindled falfc Defire. 
In Arts of Satitig none more early Thun'd, 
None in my time had equal Skill attain'd. 
He whether *^Cfrf«'s Rock his Oyfters bore^. 
Or ^7 LMcrim Lsftfe, or'^the RtttufiMn Shoar, 
Knew at firft u^ei. nay, at flr&.nght eould ttH 
A Crab clSr'tlbbiki^i Coudtrv by its Shell 

They rife, and ftraight all with refpedfbl Awe, 
At the word giv*n, obfequioufly withdiftW, 
AVhom full of eager hafee, furprizC) and feac, 
Our mighty Prince had fummon'd to appear i 
At if fome New? he'd of the Caiti tell, 
dc that the tiei-ce SicdrnMans did rebel : 
aV if Expreflts front .41! Pans had come 
With frefh. Aiat<m$ thrditning. the Fate-oJF iom. 




25 Some s k^lful f MrVJ^ P r^me* 
ikeus. Some skilful ^ott^t. AN 
ludiog to the old Fable of 
promethtHs, wHofe skill in this 
Art wa»' fuch that k« made a 
^Tan of ClAy; 

2 6 Oyer's T^ek^. • The Circean 
Promontoi7, tnim^^fkom cMe 
that liv*d there, oa the Shote 

of C4W^/4. 



27 The Lucrine Ldkf, Betweci. 
Bajd^ai PuteaTi, 

28 The %Htupi4H Sb^re, Ki^ 
tnptty or T^^ifAlfiy 4a iineifeic 
Tosh's KaM on the- J($«^' 
Shoft, fappes'deoteaiirl^GA' 
ter^ugk Thefe wteitfr aB f#* 
moM ift tUiOlc^ Ttilkl ftc 

Whit 



5at. IV. JVrENAL. 

WhitMly-tUit bittoh! tkat ■)! tlie wft 
JT hii dfee Ite^ bad dm* ban (pent in JtA! 
lad all that TiiAe fireh IViSa faid eiBploy'd 
D whicli fb Dunj Nobln be ddtroy'd .' 
(elite, they unteyeng'd, to the I>L%race 
)f the furttving, ttrM;, FAtridtn [Uce! 
Im when be iK^ful tii the Ititible grew, 
lim, wbim Ca muij Lwdi bid Mn, tbcj> Hew. 



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JV 17 E. 



Cf»] 




J \J V E N A L 



THE 



FIFTH SAT Y R, 



By theReverendMr.;r/I.^ //f Af B OfFLES. 
The A R G 17 M E N "T. 

Tie Poet .diffwades a ParaJite frm' frtfuim 
the Tables of great Men^ Vfbere he is eertahtik 
treated^ttb the highejl Scorn andComttmftiJbtii 
at the fame time^ Inveighs againft tbtL^nxnTf^i^ 
Infolence rf the RomznN^itity. ' ' , 

IF.harden'd hj Affronts, and ftill thefioiCi .^ 
Loft to all Senie of Honour, and of Sbamei 
Thou yet canft love to haunt the Great Man's Bauidi 
And think no Supper good but with a Lord: 
If yet thou canft bold out, and fuffer more 
Than lewd » Sarmentus, or vile Gal6a bore. 
Thy folcmn Oarh ought to be fet alide: 
But fure the Belly's calily fupply'd. 

I Sarmentus, A BufFoon and | fame perhaps with that S^ 
■Paialitc oiAi»Sujius C*fnr» The | mtmtm in Hordce, Sdt, h '• '• 

c Sop 




jr. 5^ 



I'- . 



• I 



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Sat. V. JUVENAL. fj 

Suppoie, what frugal Nature wou'd fuffice, 

Suppo(e that wanting, Hunger b not nice. 

Is no ^ Bridge vacant, no convenient Scat, 

Where thou may'ft cringe, and gnaw thy broken Meat. 

And with a Matt, and Crutch, and ty'd-up Leg, 

More honeftly and honourably Beg? 

Fir ft, if he pleafe to fay. Sit down, and {mile, 
BchokJ- the full Reward of all thy Toil ! 
I All thy old Services are largely paid, 
'. And thou a proud and happy Man art made. 
1 Sec! of thy boafted Fricndlhip fee the Fruits! 
^ .And thefe too he upbraids, and t4e(e imputes. 
t K after two cold Months thy Lord think fit 
; His poor* negled:ed Clients to admi% 
\ And fay. Sup with roe, thou haft thy deljre. 
Be thankful, Mortal, and no more require. 
Thus Bkft, muft 3 lOeAius to his Ltvees run, 
When the Stars languiftk near the rifing Sunj 
Ireak off fweet Slumbers, drowfie, and undreft^ 
'To (hew his 'Zeal, and to prevent the refti 
^.ILon to prevent the fawning humble Train, 
sWhiledow ^Bwtes drives his frozen Wain. 

rhaps the gen'rous Entertainment may 
?or all the Stare and dear Attendance pay. 
for him is kept a Liquor naore Divine,. 
II Spunges muft be drunk with Lees of Wine, 
ink. for your Patron's Pleafure and his Jeft } 
;n raving like a scorybMs po£[cft. 



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1 Where common Beggars 
M^d CO place themfelvcs. 

9 Ic was the Cuftom in T^mc 
kt the Clients to attend their 
Ikions, to falute them in the 



pearing always above the Ho- 
xizon, is faid by the Poets ne- 
ver to defcend into the Sea. 
The meaning is that Trtbius 
was forc'd to run early in the 



* — - — — — - I ^ 

Woming. Vtrgtli MsrtUi, Scc I Morning, by the Light of 

4 That Conftellation, other- thofe Stars. 
MecalLM the S/ar, which s^' ' 5 Fiieft of CyhtU. 

D 3 T\^o>\ 



j-4 JVVENjtL, Sat.S 

Thou ind the Freed- men firll b(;giQ to jirri 
Kram mumil Jeeri, the Prelude to the War, 
Thou ind )hy l-'ellow-Paralitet engage, 
AnJ rntrel with a Troop of Servants wage: 
Then GlifTcs and lA%ii^mt Pitcheri fly, 
AnJ Iwoken Pates dilcdour'd Napkins dje. 
M'hlle happy he, nretch'd on his Couch. lupiDc 
Looks on with ^cDrn, and drinki old geo'rou) Wia^ 
Preil from the Grape, when Warlike Sam* was ^ 
Sut ki :d]y, never (ends one Gbfsto thee. 
Perhaps to morrow he may cbanse hit Wiae, 
And drink oU Cparkling ^vt, or °Stmt, 
"Whofe Title, and whofc Age, wiih Mould o'ffgrowo . 
The good oid Cisk for e»er keeps uuknown ; 1 

Such .' bo!d Hthi^ui drank, and Th'a/iM CTowa'd ! 
With Garlandi, when the flowing Bowl went round i 
On firarriu' Birtb-day : And to raife Delight, i 

To pJeafc It once the Taftc. and charm the Sight, j 
lU in bright Amber drinks, or brighter Cio'-i, ] 

And Cups with ftidng Berils fet .l<>c> hM. 
Thou art not fufler'd bt to Toix.'i w rifle; 
And it thou darIT, a Guard oo t^ .-^ [C»c'>J 
To watch the Of mi. Tit" ma/ jeAtft fiustiu. 
But, Sir, you'li pjrdooi thejr"' ' 

< From Strn 




hr.V. JXJV^NAL, ff 

yt Vtno does, as many do of latf, 
ems froin his Fingers to his Cups tranflatCi 
iuch the bold ^ "Y^uth to T)M% Lore preferr'd; 
ore on the Scabbard of his fliining Sword, 
lou Buy'il at diftaoce jaz€, and (^ iq vain,, 
rrack'd black Pot's reUrv*^ for th<:e to drain. 
If his Blood boil, and th' adventitious Pire 
is'd by high Meats, and higher Wines, require 

temper and allay the burning (lest. 
Iters are brought, which by Deco^on get 
w coolnels, Iuch plain Nature does not knoWt • 
t Ice £> cool, nor Hyf^rhotm Snow. 
1 1 complain but now, and juftly too, 
It the /ame Wine is not a11ow*d to you ? 
>ther Water's reach'd you, when you call, 
m Hands of Mowijh Footmen, lean and tall i 
: grim Attendance he affigns t'afB-jght 
her than wait; Rogues who wou^ (care by Nighty 
net among the Ton[)bsi the ghaftly Slaves 
»k as if newly darted from their Graves, 
N-e himlelf the Flower of jtfui (lands, 
watdi his Looks, and to receive Commands. 
> Boy of fuch a Price as had undone 

Mitfum Kings, and drained t^eTreafore of aCrowa^ 
hou or any <^ thy Tribe want Wine, 
>k back, and give thy Ganfme^s the (igo. 

tovely Boy, and bought at fuch a rale, 
iuch too hand(bm, and too proud to wait 
the deipis'd and poor : Will he defoend 
{tve a QbJs to a declining Friend ? 



im AltattMlo thai of I9r> 
adbteg«tf#»#4i SttHMtnSf 

Hue %g9um$ mightily af- 



fefted to bfe GtrTA bv bemi^ 
lul Boys,wko!Bi they bought at 
vaft xttd. Hmtigilt Ut. 



D 4 '^Q*. 



yd JUVENAL. SatM 

Ko: his good Mien, his Youth, end blooming Face 
Tempt htm to think, that with a better Grace 
Fimfclf might fit, and thou fupplj his Place. 
Bthold there yet r^nraios, which muft be born. 
Proud ServaQts more lofufferable Scorn. 

With what Difd^m another gave thee Bread! 
The mcaneft Wt^tthes are with better fed: 
Th* impenetrable Cruil thy Teeth defies. 
And pctrify'd with A^e fccurely lies, 
f'ard, mouldy, black : U thou prefume tinvade, 

Wirh faailegious Hands, thy Patron's Bread, 
There i)ands' a Servant ready to chadife 
Your Infolence, and teach you to be wife. 

Will you, a told Intruder, never learn 

To know your Basket, and your Bread difcern ? 

'ris jufl", ye Gods! and what I well deiervei 

Why did not I more honourably ftarve? 

Did I for this abandon Wife and Bed ? ' 

For thi<, alas ! by vain Ambition led, 

Thro' cold *<> EfqutUd run Co oft, and bear 

The Storms and Fiiry of the Vernal Air, 

And then with Cloak wet thro' attend, and dropping Hair 
See! by the talleft Servant born on high, 

A " Sturgeon fills the largcft Difh and Eycl 

With how much Pomp he's plac'd upon the Board ! 

With what a Tail and Brcaft falutes his Lord ! 

With what Expcncc apd Art, how richly drcft ! 

Garnifli'd with 'Sparagus, h'imclf a Feaft! 

Thou ai t to 01)^ fmall difmal Difh conifin'd, 

A Crab ill dreft, and of the vilell kind. 



10 One of the feven Hills on 
which 7^«in# was builr. 

IX The Autl^ois whom I 
have the Opportunity to con- 
lalr, aie not agcecdwhat Fiib 



is meant by S<jmlU% I 
tiaoflatcd it Sttufcpni l 
fefs at random, btttit 
fexve ^s well. , ' 



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Sat. V. JUVENAL. fj 

He on hi^ own Fi(h pours the noblefl Oil, 
The produdi of ^^VinMtrum's happy Soil. 
That to your marcid dying Herbs afTign'd, 
By the rank Smell and Ta(le betrays its Kind, 
By Moifrs imported, and for Lamps alone dcHgn'd. 
Well rabb'd with this, when '3 Baccar comes to Town, 
He makes the Theatres and Baths his own, 
AO round firom him, as from th' inte£ted, run ; 
The pois'nous Stink .even their own Serpents ihun. 

Behold a Mullet ev'n From Corfu- brought! 
Or near the Rocks of '4 Tattrommium caught. 
Since our own Seas no fonger can fupply, 
Exhauded by our boundlefs Luxury : 
The fccrct Deep can no Prote^ion give, 
No Tyrrhene Fi(h is fufe'd now to live 
To his juft growth. The Provinces from far 
Fumi(h our Kitchins, and revenge our War. 
Baits for the Rich and Cliildlefs they Supply i 
^relia thence muft fell, zod^^Leftas buy. 

The largeft Lamprey which their Seas afford. 
Is made a Sacrifice to Vtrro's Board. 
When jiufter to th' JEolian Caves retires 
With dropping Wings, and murm'ring there refpircs, 
Ra(h daring Nets, in hope of fuch a Prize, 
Otr^dis, aiid the treacherous Deep defpifc. 
An Ed ftw you remains, in »^ Tyber bred. 
With fouIeTl Mud, and the rank Ordure fed. 



1 . J 

12 A Town in Cam^ama, fa- 
i&ous for the beft Oil. 

1} The Name of a King of 
MtmrhMU i ,buc here muft be 
Qodexftood as ihe Name of 
toy abble Jfa^r. 

i^A Towtxoi. Si fiijf. 

is One of thofe whom . the 






Unmans calPd HdredipiU, who 
coarted and prefented the 
Richaod Childle(a,inhopeto 
become their Heiis. 

16 The liih of Tyinr were 
fot his Reafon thought the. 
woift in Itnljf^ 



Df I^^^ 



I 

fS JUVENAL. Sat. V. '' 

Difcharg'd by Common* Shoars from all t^c Town » 
No fecret Paflage was to him unknown \ 
In every noiforo Sink the Serpent flcpt, 
An<] thro' dark VauJts oft to Suburra crept. 

One word to V'trro now, if he can bear. 
And 'tis a Truth, which he*s not us'd tobcar; 
No Man expels, (for who fb much a Sot, 
Who has the Times he lives in fo forgot ? ) 
V/hat Sentca, what Pi/o us'd to find. 
To raife, or to fupport a finking Friend. 
Thofe Godlike Men, to wanting Virtue kittd. 
Bounty well plac'd prefen''d, and well deiigp'd, 
To all their Titles, aH that height of PowTr, 
Which turns the Brains of Fools, and Fools ak>Qe adore. 
-When your poor Client is condemned t'attjcnd, 
' ris all we ask, receive him like a Friend* 
At lead, let him be cafie if you c»n, 
Let him be treated like a Free-born Man. 
Defcend to this, and then we ask no more. 
Rich to your felf, to all befide be poor. 

Near him is plac'd the Liver of a Goofc, 
That part alone which Luxury wou'd chu(e» 
A Boor entire, and worthy of the Sword 
Of ^TMtkagery fmoaks upon the Board. 
Next Mufhrooms, larger when the Clouds defcend 
In fruitful Show'rs, and defirVi '^ Thunders rend 
The Vernal Air. No more plough up the Groundi 
Of ^^Ly6:a, where fuch Muflirooms can be found, 
jiled'ms ^^ cries, but furnilh us with ftore 
Of MufhroomS) and import thy Corn no more! 



17 The Story of the Cah' I 



donian Boar, flain by Meieager, 
is to be found, JUttdmor. Lib, 8. 
18 Rainy and thondring 
Springs produce abundance of 
Mufliiooms, and were tliere- 
leicdcfucd. Pliny^ Ub^ i^. 



19 T^e was (nppIyM with 



great Quantities of Com from 
Africa^ andof MufhipO^DtattlO 

it feems. 

zo The Nancvf »Glli(tOII 

ocfaiaiicct , ' 



Sat. V. J U r E N J L, f9 

Mean whiip thy Iiu^igntdcm yet to ni&» 
T%e Career dancing round etch Difli, futvcyt 
With flying Knxfci and as his Art dirt&St 
With proper Gefhircs cv'tj Fourj diflfefts. 
A thing of (b great moment to their TaAe^ 
That ooc filfe flip had furciy nuTT'd rhc Feaft. 
If thou dare aiurmur> if thou dare compkio 
Wth Freedoms like a Bomsn Gentleman, 
Thou'rt (eiz'd immediaciely by hi$ Coawnands^ 
And dragg'd like ' > Cmcw by atrcnktm Haiyia 
Out from his Pivfisice. When does haughty he , . 
Defoend to take a Glafs once touched by thee? 
That Wretch were bft, who (hou'd prefume to think 
He might be free, who durft fay, Come, Sir, drink : 
Will any Freedom here from yua be born 
Whofe Cloaths are threadbare, and whole Ck)Akt are torn? 

Wou'd any God, or Godlike Man bebw. 
Four hundred thoi»(and ^^Sefterces befk>wl 
How mightily wou*d 7>#^i«j be improved. 
How much a Friend to Vtrro, how bek>v'd! 
Win TVebius eat ok this } What Sot attends 
My Brother? Who carves to my beft of Friends? 
Sefterces, this Honour's done to yon! 
Tou are his Friepds, and you his Brethren too. 
Wouldft thou become his Pitroo arid his Lord^ 
Wouklft tbou be in thy turn by him ador'd^ 
No young ^^.^ntas in thy Hall muA play« 
Nor fwee^ (daughter lead thy Heart aftray. 

a I The Name of a famous | as before iLomaii Gentlemen 

and Commens fat ptomtfcu^ 



Thief, who ftole the Oxen of 
H*r nlti and drew them into 
hit Den backwards; but wis 
i^uaby HnremUst zad dra^*d 
•HI by^ the HfeJs. u£tteid. i. 

as The' Cenfis Eijtufiris, 

abouc |T2s/. Englilb t$rci»* 
flUba made a Law. thatwhcic- 



oafly in the Theacies, there 
ikou'd be fourteen S|eats ox 
Benches apart, for thole who 
weie wonh that Sum* 
xi An Allulton to that of 

Udtrii i^«i4i| The mcanini* 



[ 



60 JUVENAL. Sat. V. 

O liow a bjUTcn \frifc doc's recommend! 

How dear, how pleafant is a Cbildlefi Friend! 

But if thy A^Mh, thy Teeming Wife 

Pour out three Boys, the Comfort of thy life; 

He 24 too will in' the pratHng Neft rejoice. 

Farthings and Nuts provide* and various Toys, 

For the young fmiling ParaHtes, the wantoa Boys. 

He viler Friends with doubtful Muflirooms treats, 
Secure for you, bimfelf Champignons eats; 
Such Claudius \oi9*^; oftbe&me fort and tadCt 
Till ^f Agriffhuf kindly gave the laft. 
To him ii^drdcrVS, and thoie happy flew 
Whom Fate has rais'd above contempt and you, 
Moft fragrant FrUitSi fuch in ^PhtaciMB Gardens grewi 
Where -a perpetual Autumn ever fmil'd. 
And Golden Apples loaded Branches fill'd. 
By fuch fwift ^tMlmitMvns betray'd. 
The vrgctabbGold ibon ftopt the flying Maid. * ; 
To you fuch fcabb'd ^larfh Fruit is giv*!!, aa raw 
Young Soldiers 4t their Eyerci(ings gnaw. 
Who trembling leai<n to throw the fatal Dart, 
And under Rods of rough Centurions Hnarc. 

Thou tak*il all this as done to (ave Eirpences 
No! 'tis on purpoie done to give Offence : 
What Conriedy, what Farce can more delight. 
Than grinning Hunger, and the pIcaGng fight 
Of your bilfc'd Hopes ? No! He's refolv'd t'ortort 
Tears from yout Eyes: *T\s barb'r<><is jeft and Cfotti 
Thou think' A thy k\f Companion of the Great, 
Act ffi^ and happy, io thy own Conceit. 

Is, thou" muft'have no Child 
to defeat bis hopes of beCom- 
Mi§ thy HcU.' 

24 ftonically:; ' 

25 His Wifc^i«*/f /«» aave 
him a poifoii'd t)ne^, 6f which 



■w . ,*. J..J _:„A-L V ^i. ...a jjjjyy jj£ j^^^^ ^;,„j^ ^,^^. 

locyntofit 

26 The Gardens of JiU i /, 
King of the fhsaciimt^txt itr 
nown*d ia H^mtt and aUAti^ 
liquit^. ■. '■ 

He 



.liidicd. See ti^at^iflgetajdas 




^•■S:,. 



'.VI. JU V E N A L. 6i 

9 Men : vihkh tmrus the Satyr upon us^ 4md 
'.icularty ufon tbt Pott ; who thereby makes a 
vpUmeMty where he meant a Libel If he in^ 
isdoniyto exercife hisIVii^ he has forj'tUed bis 
!gment^ by making tbt one half of his Readers 
mortal Enemies t And amoaiji the Men^ all 
happy LoverSy by their own Experience^ will 
rove bis Accnfattons. The whole IVorld mufk 
V this to be the Wittiefi of his Satyrs; and 
y he bad need of all hiffarts^ to maintaim with 
inch f^olencej To unjujt a Charft I am fatis- 

be will bring but few over to hts pinion : And 
ihat Cottfideration chiefly I ventured to tranf- 
him* Tho* there wanted not another Reafon^ 
ch waSy that no one eJfe wotdd nmdertake it : 
leajt^ Sir C. S. who could have done m$re 
ht to the Author y after a long delay ^ at length 
lutely rrfns*dfo ungrateful an Employment : 
i every one will grants that the IVorimuJi have 
t imperfeil andlame^ if it had appeared with* 
one of the Principal Members belonging to it, 

the Poet therefore bear the blame of his own 
ention ; and let me fatisjs the IVotld^ that I 

not of his Opinion. Irhatever his Roman 
lies were^ the EogliOi are free from aii his 
mutations. 7'hey wtU read with H^onder and 
jorrence^ the vices of an Age^ which was the 
I Infamons of any on Record They will blefs 




ofe Monjlers St pi 
fon^ that the Species of thofe H^omen is extinr 
lb d '^ or at leafij that they were never here 
pagated. £ m^ fyf^y therefore proceed to the 
\ument of a Satyr^ which is no way relating to 
nn : And fitji ol/ferv^^ thift 9^y Jnthior makes 

6 tbcit 



64 JUVENAL. Sat. 

tbt'ir Lnji the moji Heroick of their Vices . 
rejl are in a manner but Dirreffion. He 
them O'oer; but he dwells on this: when he 
to hdve taken his loft leave of it^ on thefudi 
returns to it : *fss one Branch of it in \ 
another in Meflalfna, but Luft is the maih 
of the Tree, He begins with this Text in ti 
Line^ and takes it up with Intermijjtons 
end of the Chapter, Ever/ Vice is a L 
but that^s a Ten, The Fillers^ or intern 
Parts, are their Revenge ; their Contrivai 
fecret Crimes ; their Arts to hide them; 
IVit to excufe them ; and their Impude 
own them, when they can no longer be kept 
Then the Perfons to whom they are mofl adi 
and on whom they commonly beflow the A 
vours : As Stage- Players, fsdlers. Sinking 
and Fencers. Thofe who paji for Chafl ai 
them, are not really fo; but only for thei 
Dowries, are rather fuffer^d, than lov'd b^ 
own Husbands. That they are Imperious 
tnineering, ScoldinglFives : Set up for Le 
and Criticifm in Poetry ; but are falfe 3 
Love tofpeak Greek {which was then the j 
nable Tongue, as French is now with us.) 
they plead Caufes at the Bar, and play Pr 
the Bear^Garden, That they are Gojfi^ 
News'Mong^s : fVrangle with their tieig 
abroad, and beat their Servants at home, 
they Li fin for new Faces once a Month, m 
tip with their Husbands in private ; and 
and Drefs in Publick for their Lovers, 
they deal with Jews, Diviners, and Fc 
tellers : Learn tie Arts of Mifcarrying, an 
rennefs. Buy Children, and produce thi 
their own. Mmrder their Husbands Sons^ 



Sat. VI. JUFENAL. 6f 

ftand #> their way to his EJlate ; and make their 
Adulterers bis Heirs. From hettce the Poet pro- 
ceeds tojhew the Occajions of all thefe yices, their 
Oh^ftatj and how they were introduced in Rome, 
by JPe'ace^ tVealth^ and Luxury. In conclujfion^ 
if we will take the Word of our malicious Author \ 
Bad IVomen are the general Jlandi^i^ Rule; and 
the Goody but fame few Exceptions to it, 

IN ■ Satum^s Reign, at Nature's early Birth, 
There was that thing call'd Cbaflity on Earths 
Q/hen in a narrow Cave, their comnion Shade, 
rhe Sheep, the Shepherds, and their Gods were laid: 
When Reeds and Leaves, and Hides of Beaflswerefpread^ 
By Mountain- Hufwives, for their homely Bed, 
And moffy Pillows rais'd, for the rude Husband's Head. 
Unlike the Nicenefs of our Modern Dames, 
(Aficdbd Nymphs w'lh ncw-affc^cd Names : ) 
The C^hia's and the Ltsiia's of our Years, 
V^ho for a Sparrow's Death diflblve in Tears. 
Thofe Mt unpofifli'd Matrons, big and bold^ 
Gave fuck to Infants of Gygantick Mold; 
Roagh as their fivage Lords who rang'd the Wood, 
And * fat with Acorns belch'd their windy Food. 
For when the World was buckfbm, freOi and young. 
Her Sons were undebauch'd. and therefore (Irongi 
And whether Bora in kindly Beds of Earth, 
Or ftnigHng from the teemine Oaks to Birth, 
Or from what other Atoms they begun» 
No Sires they had, or if a Sire the' Sun. 
Some thin Remains of Chaflity appear'd 
Ev'q 3 under Jnfe, but Jove without a Beard i 

Before 

X In the Golden Ages when I Manlund, bcfoie Com was 
J4IW11 reigh*d, ' . I found. 

t Acotis rnkt the Bread of I 1 yfhuk i^* had diiven J^it 

laxVAi 



«r JurENAL. SAt. 

Befbre tbe (ervile Greehs bid learnt to fwear 

B7 Heads of Kings $ while yet the bounteous Tear 

Her common FVuics in open Plains expos'd. 

Ere Thieves were feared, or Gardens were eiicb^U 

Attei^th 4 uneafy Jiiftice upwards flew. 

And both the Sifters to tbc Stars withdrew \ 

From that old JEra Whoring did bq^n. 

So venerably Ancient is the Sin; 

Adult'rers next invade the Nuptial State, 

And Marriage-Beds creak'd with a FoieigQ Weighty 

AH other Ills did Iron Times adorn i 

But Whores and Silver in one Age- were bora. 

Yet thou, they fay, for Marriage doft provide : . 

Is this an Age to Buckle with a Bride? 

They (ay thy Hair the Curling Art is taHght»- 

The Wedding-Ring perhaps already bought:. 

A ibber Man like thee to change his Life! 

What Fury wou'd poflefs thee with a Wifie f- 

Art thou of every other Death bereft, 

N3 Knife, no Ratsbane, no kind Halter left? 

(For ev'ry Noofe compar'd to hers ii cheap) 

Is there no City Bridge from whence to le^p ? 

Would'fl thou, become her Drudge, who doft pi^Jt 

A better fort of Bedfellow, thy Boy ? 

He keeps thee not awake with nightly Brawli, . 

Nor with a begg'd Reward thy pleaTure palls i 

Nor with tnfatiate Heavings calls for more* 

When all thy Spirits were drainM out before. 

But ftill Urjtd'ms courts the Marriagc-Bjutt 

Longs for a Son to fettle Us Eftate, 

And takes no Gifts, th^* evVy rapine Heir 

Would gladly greaie the rich old Batdielor. 



7atjier into Banishment, the 
Silver Agtb^gaa, acoordmgto 
the Poets. 

% The Net ittfk^ ^ofticG 



aodChaftity SiAen; in4fi 
chat f\ktj fled to Heaven 
t|ie^ 



« 



^ohitiqActa ayfcir b AfaogCt 
H bodchor* iuch a Uh to coinge? 
notorious W|iorein«fta» to cbooft 
I his Neck into the Mtrnbjge Noofc? 
fo often m a 4ffadfttl ficjgbt 
Cofier 'ibi|>ki the jqJoijs Cuckold's iifghr, 
to Wcdiocik doti^gly betca/d, 
ope, ia this lewd Towo, to fiod a Maid! 
I's grown mad : To cafe his fyantick PaiOf. 
he SurgeoQ \ breath the laiddk Vein: 
Heifer with ^ Hocns he led 
, Regent of the Marnt^Bodl* 
im cy'rjT Mty adoiic» 
V Jkidc.pcove^qt^aaixaQt Whose 
md Tail« a^d t%*^ other Pxffe. 
rPfDAft, nKOraio'dfrom their Oeligbi. 
roos there, hii( aide the ^odioua N^ :: 
m their fathers dare £ilute# fiich i^ft 
fes have* and come with fiidb a Gu0. . 
now adorn thjr Poors, aod Wed^ 
f Biidf , a^d £ich thy giarual B(xL 
hou.^w Mfo is for one Wloman nmot I 
ar with ooe £je wou'd he content. 
f, 'tis pois'd, a Maid did once appear 
nail Village, tho' Fame iajs not whores 
le; hut faro no Man (he ibund i 
irt, all, about her Father's Ground : 
»me lufthil God might there make boUf 
and idMrs grown impotent aod old? 
r Nymph has in a Oayebeen ipread, 
good Lpfc, without a Feather Bed. 



FmA Vkta the 

nen were forbidden 

th^Ausbaads. 



aaoie fonducieiag 4i#iiM aat 
told than any of the othcc 



69 JUVENAL. Sa*. 

Whither woud*ft thou to chufe a Wife refert. 
The Park, the MalL the PJay-houfe, or the Court? 
Which way foever thy Adventures fal]« 
Secure alike of Cfaaftity in al). 

One fees a Dancing- Mafter capVing high, 
And Raves, tod PiiTes, with pure Edlafie: 
Another does, with all his Motions, move* 
And gapes, and grins, as in the Feat of Lore: 
A third is charm'd with the new Opera Notes, 
Admires the Song, but on the Singer dotes: 
The Country Lady in the Box appears. 
Softly (he warbles over all (he hears \ 
And lucks in PalTion, both at Eyes and Eara. 

The red, (when now the kmg Vacation's comei 
T^ noify Hall and Theatres grown domb^ 
Their Mem'ries to refrefh, and chear their Hearts, 
In borrow'd Breeches ad the Players Parts. 
The poor, that fcarce have wherewithal to cir. 
Will p'nch, to make the Singing-Boy a Treats 
The Rich, to buy him, will refufe no Price; 
And ftretcb his Quail- pipe till they crack his Voice; 
Tragedians, afting Love, for Luft are fought :• 
f Tho'but the Parrots of a Poet's Thought J 
The Pleading Lawyer, tho' for Coun(el us'd, 
In Chamber- Pradiice often is rcfus'd. 
Still thou wilt have a Wife, and father Heirs? 
( The produd of concurring Theatres J 
Perhaps a Feticer did thy Brows adorn, 
And a young Sword-man to thy Lands is bom. 

Thus B'tffm Ioath*d her old Pitriciart Lord,. 
And left him for a Brother of the Sword: 
To wondring 7 vhsiiros with her Love (he fled. 
To- (hew one Monfter more than Aftitk bred : 

7 She fled to £x;?r \ whtch wondei*! tt tHe Ebon 
het Clime. 

Foi 



VI. J U K E N A L. 69 

)g Houfe and Hasbcind, lefc behind, 

ikiren too j {he (ails betore the Wind s 

'em all, but conlhnt to her Kind. 

inger yet, and harder to conceive, 

d the Pby-houie and the Pbyers leiye. 

rich Parentage, and nicely bred. 

;'d on Down, and in a Dimask Bed; 

ing now the Dangers of the Deep, 

ird Mattreis is content to deep. 

, 'tis true, fbe did her Fame expofe : 

, great Ladies with great Eale can lofe. 

der Nymph cou'd the rude Ocean bear : 

h her Luft was ftronger than her Fear. 

fomc honeft Caufe her Pai]^ preft, 

ailed HardHiip had diftarb'd her Bread : 

convenience makes their Virtue cold: 

»mankind, in lib, is ever bold. 

le to follow her own Lord to Sea, 

)oubts and Scruples wou'd fheraife to (by? 

>macli (ick, and her Head giddy grows i 

IT and Pitch are nau(eous to her No(e. 

Love's Voyage nothing can o£fend$ 

3 are never Sa-(ick with a Friend. 

the Crew, (he walks upon the Board ; 

s, (he drinks, (he handles every Cord : 

' (he fpews, 'tis thinking of her Lord. 

sk, for whom her Friends and Fame '(he loft? 

fouth, what Beauty cou'd th* Adult'rer boaft ? 

;vas the Face, for which (he cou'd fuflain 

cali'd Midrefs to fo ba(e a Man? 

allant, ot bis Days had known the heft : 

Icars were (een indented on his Breaft) 

I his batter'd LimHs required their needftil Reft. 

nontory Wen, wiih griefly Grace, 

high, upon the Handle of bis Face ; 

Hk 



76 yuP^MNJl. Sa«H' 

His bVar Eyes ite m Gittlerft te htl dmi : 

His Beard wts SMbUc^ aoi hir Chfttks wore-thio. 

But 'twas his Feadng did her FiAcx tQO#er 

'Tis Anns and Blood and Gvueky tfaejrfevvi 

But (hou'd heqok fab Tktde, tad (hetlfa his SvMdi 

Her Lover wou'd bqgin to he htr Lord. 

This was a prfrfltrCriale) but you (faiH heir 
What Fruits the-Socred Browsof Manarehi boar: 
The Sgood old Sluggard bbt bcgairto ihoie. 
When from his (id&tiprofe th* IiBper&] Whore: 
She who ptefenrVi the Pfeafin^ of the Night 
To Pomps; that are bet impotent EMigfat: 
Strode firom the Pdace, wirii a* eager pice« 
To cope with a mtirc mafculine EiAbrace: 
Muffled (he:nMvch'd,! like 3^a0m in a Qoiidt 
Of all her Traiib^boroae poor Wench alkiw^. 
One whom in iibcret Serf ier Are- couVi truftt 
The Rival and Com ^tri on- of her Luft. 
To the known Bitxhel-Hou^ (he taker her Wiy-f 
And for a aafly Room gives double Pay { 
That Room iit which tic rankeft Harbc lay. 
Prepared for Fight, ejepedingly ihe licr. 
With heaving Breafts and with defiring; Eyes : 
Still as one drops» another takes his plnre. 
And baffled fttii fuccecds to like disgrace. 
At length when friendly Darkneft is expir^ 
And ev'ry Strampet from her Cell retrr'd. 
She lags behind, and Hngringat theGite» 
With a repining Sigh fubmitsto Fate: 
All Filth without, and all a Fire within, 
Tir'd with the Toil, unftted vwth the Sio. 
OM CUfar's Bed the modeft Macron feeki^ 
The fteam of Lamps ftiMbangiag on her Cteik» 

8 He tells the-faiiaonf iX9ijvi MffidM»^ WUrlSrAMl 
perox cimidiHt, 



AT. VI. JV V KN A L. 71 

ropy Smut: thus fbu)^ and thu& bedight^ 
e brings hhn faicl: the P^ochiA of the Night. 

Now (hould I ling whit t^i(bns they provides 
ith all their Trumpery of Cburtns hefide ; 
id lU their Arts of Doth : it would be known 
ift is the fmalkft Sin the Sex can own. 
^&M ftiil> they (ay, is gpiltle^ found 
Fcv'ry Vice, by her own Lord Refiown'd : 
3d well ihe may, (he brought tenthou(and Pound, 
le brought him wherewithal to be cali'd ch^Cj ' 
la Tongue is t^d in golden Fetters faft : 
e'fighs, adores, and c«urts her ev'ry Hour ; 
1k) wou'd not do as much for fuch a Dower? 
le writes Love Letters to the Youth in Gtac&> 
\^t tips the wink before the Cuckold's Face; 
ad might do more : H^r Portion makes ic good* 
Mth 9 has th: Privilege of Widowhood. 

Thefe Truthi with his Example you difprovc, 
^ho with hU. Wilt n miEHiftrouny id Love : 
It know him better; for I heard him fwear, 
la noc that (he's his Wile, but that (he's fair, 
et her but have three WHnkles in her Face, 
et her Eyes leileil, and her Skin unbrace, 
Son you will hear the fancy Steward fay, 
ick up with ril your Trinkets, and away } 
Qu grow ofbhlive both ac Bed and Board : 
our Betters mufl be had to phea{& m^ I>rd. 

Mean time fhe's abiblutc upon the Throne : 
>d knowing time is precious, loies none: 
c muft have Flocks of Sheep, with Wool more Btie 
Ian Silk» and Vineyards of the noblcft Wine : 

I^WMM km fik» Pik;t>«7#$»r|rf ttiay do what ihe plesires, 
li His • WfMiiiiii^ itr thiit a I and h«*iU tJM Fxivilefes ^ • 
ift who bsiaas a large Do#- ( Widovb 



71 JUVENAL. Sat. \ 

whole Droves of Pages for bcr Tnua (he crava : 
And fweeps the Prifoos for atteodiog Slavei. 
In fhort, whatever in her E7es can coroe» 
Or others have abroad, (he wants at home. 
When Winrer (huts the Seas, and fleecy Snows 
Make Houfes white, (he to the Merchant goes; 
Rich Chryftalsofthe Rock (he takes up tbre, 
Huf^ AgM Vafcs, and old Ch'ma Ware : 
T}ien ^^ Berenice's Ring her Finger proves. 
More precious made by her inccdoous Loves : 
And infamoudydear: A Brother's Bribe, 
Ev'n God*8 Anointed, and of Judt^^i Tribe : 
Where barefoot they approach the faaed Shrine» 
And think it only Sin to feed on Swine. 

But is none worthy to be made a Wife 
In all this Town ? Suppoie her free from Strife^ 
Rich, Fair, and Fruitful, of unblcm^(l\*d Life \ 
Chafte as the Salines, who(e p-evailing Charms 
Dirmifs'd their Husbands, and their Brothers Arms: 
Grant her, befides, of Noble Blood that ran 
In ancient Veins, ere Heraldry began : 
Suppofe all thefe, and take a Poet's Word* 
A black Swan is not half fo rare a Bird. 
A Wife, fo hung with Virtues, fuch a Frdght^ . 
What mortal Shoulders cou'd fuppon the Weight! 
Some G}untry-Girl, fcarce to a Curt'iey bred, 
Wou*dI much rather than *^ Cornelia wed: 
If Supercilious, Haughty, Proud, and Vain, 
She brought her Father's Triumphs, in her Train. 

To A Ring of great Price,' Gracchi\ of the Faaiilyi 
which Her0d ^i'ipp^ gave to . C§rHeiii $ from whence 
his Sifter EeP4mc4, He was i the syifncdn • wa» deice 
the K.ng of the Jnus^ but . who tiiuJDph'd over i 
Tiibutsiry to the Tomans, tdU 

XI C0rnelia, Mother to the I 

i 



Bat. VI. JVV EN A L. 7$ 

Away with all your CarthMginiMn State, 
Let vanquiih'd Hannibal wit hout-doors -wait. 
Too bqrly and too big to pafs my narrow Gate. 

O'^^Tdtmy cries Amphien, bend thy Bow 
Agiinft my Wife, and let my Children go : 
Bat fullea Tom (hoots at Sons and Mothers too. 
His Nwbi and all his Boys he loft i 
Br*Q her, who did her numerous Offspring boaft. 
As fair and fruitful as the Sow that carry*d 
The'} thirty Pigs at one large Litter farrow'd. 

what Beiuty or what Chaftity can bear 
So great a Price, if (lately and (e^ere 
She ftill infults, and you rauft ftill adore ; 
Grant that the Honey's much, the Gall is more. 
Upbraided with the Virtues (he difplays, 
Seven Hours in twelve, you loath the Wife you praife: 
Some Faults, tho' fmall, intolerable grow; 
For what (o naufeous and afRrfted too, 
As thole that think they diie Perfc^ion want, 
Vho have not learnt to Li(p the >4 Grecian Cant ? 
In Greicii thdr whole Accomplifhments they feek: 
Thdr Fa(hion, Breeding, Language, muft be Gnek: 
But raw, in all that does to Rome belong, 
Hey (corn to cultivate their Mother-Tongue. 
la Greek they flatter, all thdr Fears they fpeak, 
Tdl an their Seaets ; nay, they fcold in Greek: 
Bv^ in the Feat of Love, they ufe that Tongue. 
Soch Afledhtioos may become the Ydung; 
Bat thou, old Hag, of Threefcore Years and Three, 
If fliewring of thy Parts in Greek for thee? 



la He alludes to the known 
WMc of Ni»h4 in Ovid, ^m- 
pkkm was hei Husband .• Pdan 
li ^faiU; who with his Az- 



f0//#'s Mother. 

13 He alludes to the white 
Sow in Viriii, who faicow'd 
thirty Pigs. 



■mm kilPd het Childreo, he- j 14 Women then IeacfltGr#ri^ 
■Mfle.-ihc bo^ed. that (he was as ouxs fpcak Frtnch. 
hakhH than Ldf^aji, ^' I 



74 JVr E N JtL.-^Ar. 

ZtS^ jg 4t/)eH ! All thofe tender WokIs 
The momentary trembling Bliis affordf^ . 
The kind foft Murmurs of the pri?ate Sheets 
Are Bawdy, while thou (peak'ft in publick Streets. 
Thoie Words have Fingers j and their Force is fuch* 
They raife the Dead, and mount him with a touch. 
But all Provocatives from thee «re vain : 
Ko Blandifhment the (lacken'd Nerve can drain. 

If then thy Lawful Spouie thou canft not Love^ 
What reafbn ihou'd thy Mind to Marriage mover? 
Why all the Charges of the Nuptial Feafl:, 
Wine and Deferts, and Sweet-meats todigeft? 
Th' endowing Gold that buys the dear Ddightt 
Civ*n for their ftrft and only hdppy Night? > 
•If thou art thus u^oriouily inclined, 
To bear thy Bondage with a willing Mind, 
Prepare thy Neck, and put it in the YiAxr, 
But for no Mercy firom thy Woman look. 
For cho', perhaps, (he k>?es with equal Fires, 
To abfblute Dominion (he aipires; 
Joys in the St>eils, and triumphs o'er thy Putiei 
The better Husband makes the Wife the woric. 
Nothing is thine to give, or fell, or buy. 
All Offices of ancient Friend(hip die ; 
Nor had thou leave to make a Legacy. 
By '^ thy imperious Wife thou art bereft 
A Privilege, to PiiDps and Pandars lefts 

Thy Teftament*s her Wilh where <he prcfeiH 
Her Ruffians, Drudges, and Adulterers, 
Adopting all thy Rivals for thy Heirs, 

Go *<5(irag that Slave to Death: »7 Your Rea&Oy wi 
Shou*d the poor Innocent be doom'd to die ? 



Yj Allthe7^m«ni, even the 

moft infeiior, and mofi infa- 

moDs fort of them, had the 

Tower of making Wilk. 

14 G9 drag thst SUvu to. 



Thefe are the Words of 
Wife. 

17 tour t^npM Vjhy» 

The AaTwcx ^ ikt £Nb 



3ofs? For, wheo Man's Life is in debate^ 
re can ne'er too bng deliberate, 
thou that Slave a Man ? the Wife rcp)ks: 
X unprov-d, the Crime, the Villain -dies, 
ic Soveraign PowV to fwc or IdUi 
I no other Reaibn but my Will. 
the She Tyrant Reigns, till pkas'd with 
A£fedions to new Empires range: 
Subje^-Husband (be defires i 
firoffl him, ihe to the firft retires, 
e laft Wedding Feai^ is fcarcdy o'er, 
lands hang yet green upon t!)e Door, 
le Reck'ning rilfes; and appears 
>um. Eight Husbands in Five Tean. 
e fora Tomb-ftone might be fit i 
it wou'd too commonly be writ, 
lother living, hope no quiet Day $ 
pens her, infhu^ her how ro Flea 
band bare, and then divides the Prey. 
s Love-Liters, with a aafry Smile, 
her Daughter's Anfwerr mends the Styfe. 
jie Husband iets his watchful Spies , 
ts thair Cunning, or (he bribes their Eyes. 
Star's cali'd , the Daughter, taught the trick, 
to fiunt i and in full Health is lick, 
ting Stallion, at the Cbletdoor, 
e Confult, and wifhes it wierc o^er. 
lou, in Reafbn, hope, a Bawd Co knowa» 
:each her other Manners than her own? 
reft is in all th' Advice (be gives : 
the Daughter's Rents the Mother Kves. 
^ufe is try'd at the lit^oos Bar, 
unen Pfauntifi oi Defendaots are, 

ir/ iM tk49 Slm,i s lfii»} the Wift ^qpbu 



J 



76. JV VENAL, S^t. 

Thcf form the Procefs, all the Briefs they writt % 
The Topicks furnifli, and the Pleas indite; 
And teach the toothless Lawyer how to Hrc* 
They turn Virago's tooj the Wreftler's toil 
They try, and fmear their naked Limbs with Oil: 
Againd the Poft their wicker Shields they cru(h» 
Fiourifh the Sword, and at the Plafhron puih. 
Of ev'ry Excrciie the Mannifli Crew 
Fulfils the Parts, and oft excels us too ; 
Prepared not only in feign'd Fights t'engagei 
But rout the Gladiators on the Stage. 
AVhat fenfe of ihame in fuch a Bread can lie* 
Inur'd to Arms, and her own Sex to fly ? 
Yet to be whoUy Man ihe wou'd difdairo ; 
To quit her tenfold Pleafure at the Game, 
For frothy Praifes and an empty Name. 
Oh what a decent Sight 'tis to behold 
All thy Wife's Magazine by Audlion ibU ! . 
The Belt, the creded Plume, the feveral Suits 
Of Armour, and the 5/>4»i/i& Leather Boots! 
Yet thefe are they, that cannot bear the Heat 
Of Bgur'd Silks, and under Sarcenet fweat. 
Behold the drutting Amazonian Whore, 
She dands in Guard with her right Foot before: t< 
Her Coats tuck'dup; and all her Motions jud» 
She damps, and then cries Hah ! at evVy thmft: 
But laugh to fee her tic'd with many a Bout* 
Call for the Pot. andiike a Man Piis out. 
The Ghods of ancient Romans^ tUould they riict 
Wou'd grin to fee their Daughters play a Prize. 
Befldes, what endlefs Brawls by Wives are bred : 
The Curtain-Lefbire makes a mournful Bed. 
Then, when (he has thee fiire within thc'Sheetf^ 
Her Cry begins, and the whole Day repeats. 
Confcious of Cfimf&her fe^,. die telzes firft; . 
Thy Semkiti are aiccus'di thy Whore ii curtfi 



«•• 



VL' JUVENAL. 77 

the Jealous, and at Will (he cries : 
nens Tears are but the Sweat of Eyes. 
rkold-FooI, thou think'ft that Love (incerc, 
:*(l between her Lips the falling Tear: 
h her Cabinet, and thou (halt find 
ler there with Love-Epiflles Iin'4 
ber taken in a dofe Embrace, 
. wou'd tMnk fo manifeft a Cafe, 
orick cou*d defend, no Impudence out-faoe : 
ev'n thcti (he cries, the Marriage- Vow 
Reservation muft allow; : 
•e^s a' fileht Bargain ftill. iniplyy, 
les ihou'd be pkas*don either fide : 
] vtiiy for their private Needs provide. 
Q your felves, and Women us you calif 
w is a common Name for all. 
lothing bolder than a Woman caught; 
es 'em Courage to maintain their Fault. 
isk from whenceproceed thefemonlbrous Crimes ? 
9r, and therefore chafte, in former times* 
rons were : No Luxury found room 
ooft Houfesy and bare Walls of Lome; 
vid& with Labour hardened while 'twas Light, 
al Sleep fupply'd the quiet Night» 
nch'd with Want, their Hunger held 'cm ftraight ; 
Hannibal was hovVing at the Gate : 
ton now, and lolling at our £aie, 
r all th' invet'rate Ills of Peace, 
lefijl Riot ; whofe deftrudive Charms 
the vanquifh'd World, of our vidlorious Arms, 
le, no luftful Poftures are unknown ; 
verty, our Guardian-God, is gone : 

imout CitrthMpHidn Captaia> who was apeo the poiat 
cziog the t^mans^ 

E I ^v\S» 



7f yurENJL. SikTJ 

Pride, Laainefi, and all luxnrioiis Aitf» 
Pour Hkc a Deluge in, from fioragn Furti: 
Since Gold obfoene, ^nd Silver foand the vnjt 
Scrange Fafhions with ftrange BoUioa to coov^ 
And our plain (imple Maipcrs to betray. 

What care our drunken Dames to whom Aej, ^gKti 
Wine no diftindion makes of Tail or Head. 
Who lewdly dancing at a Midoight-Balb 
Pdr hot Eringoes aS fit Ojfiers call: 
Full Brimmers to thdr fiid&d Nofia thniftk * 
Brimmers, die laft Provootiva of Lnft. 
,Whes Vapoon to their fwimmily Bnmf •dfUMi^ 
Aad double Tapers oo the Tafaki dinoe. 

Now thii^ what bawdy Diakgoes thty tafcb. 
What 2VZ(m ulks to her confidinE Shm^ 
M Modefty's old Sntoes whes lyy N|g^ 
They make % Hand, and fiom thdr Utttrs fighti 
The good Mam early to the Levee goes, 
And treads the pa^ Paddle of his Spouie. 

The Secrets of the'^Goddefi oam'd the Goodli 
Axe ev'n by Boys and Barbers underfiood : 
Where the rank Matrons, dancing to the Pipe^ 
Gig with their Bums, and are for A€tkm ripe ^ 
With Mttfick rais'dk they fpread abroad their lUi 
And tofi their Heads like an enamoured Mare: 
JtHufellM lays ha Garland by, and proves 
The mimick Letchery of Manly Loves. 
Rank'd with the Lady the cheap Sinner liess. 
For here not Blood, but Virtue, gives the Ws^ 
Nothing is feiga'd in thif venoeal Strife i 
*Tis downright Lull, and aded to the Life. 
So tuU, fo fiercc» ib vig'rous, and (b ftrong. 
That, looking on, wou*d make old»> JKi^ young* 



ao Thi gfU GMifu At 
whofe Feafts ap Jdca.irm tp 
Ik pxefcAt* 



at lV«/#r. W h»li »ii l i 



IM^ 



i 



T. VI. y u rs N A L. 79 

Inpatient of dday* a gea'ral Souncl, 

\q oaiverfd Groan of Luft goes round; 

^or then, and only then, the Sex fincere is found* 

(low is the time of Adioo ; Now begin, 

rhey cry, and let tbe lufty Lovers in. 

rhe Whoreibos are afleep; then bring the Slaves^- 

^ Watermen , a lUce 6i ftroog-back'd Knaves. 

I wifli, at Ittft, oar ficred Rites wae free 
Fh)m tboic Pollutions of Obfcenity : 
k'tiswdlknown^' what Singer, how di(guis'd» 
\ lewd audaciQUs A^on enterpriz'd \ 
bto the Fair, with Women mixt, he went, 
Wd with a h^ge two-handed Inftrumenti^ 
I grateful Prefent to thofe holy Choirs, 
irhere the Mode, guilty of his Sex, retires^ 
lod ev'n Male-Piques modefUy are vail'di 
'et no Profanenefsott that Age prevail'd; 
fo Scofifers at ReBgious Rites are found i 
Iko* now, at cv'ry Altar they abound. 

I hear your cautious Counfid, you wou'd lay^ 
«ep cMe your Women under Lock and Key : 
iit» who (hall keep thofe Keepers ? Women, nurd: 
1 Craft : begin with thofe, and bribe them firft. 
he Sex is turn'd all Whore; they love the Garner 
nd Mtftreiles, and Maids, are both t&e fame. 

The poor Ogukia^ on the Poet's Day, 
rill borrow Clothes, and Chair, to fee the Play : 
le, who before had mortgag-d her Eftate; 
od pawn'd the kft remaining piece of Plate. 
>me are reduc'd their utmoft (hifts to try : 
at Women have no ihame of Poverty. 



aa He idlodes ro the Story 
F P. CtitHm, who, difguisM 
itfaeHsliit of a Siagiog Wo- 
lan, west into tha Houfe of 



Cdfifj where the Feaft of the 
good Goddefs was celebrated, 
to find an Opportunity with 
Cdfm*$ Wife f9mfcia. 



£4 1ft«1 



9o JUVENAL, Sat.-V 

They live beyond their ftint ; as if their flore 
l*he more exhaufled, wou'd encreale the more;. 
Some Mea, inftrudled by the Lab'ring Ant, 
Provide againft th' Extremities of Want; 
But Womankind, that never knows a mean, 
Down to the Dregs their finking Fortune drain: 
Hourly they give, and fpend, and wafie, and wear \ 
And chink no Pleafore can be bought too dear. 

There are who in foft Eunuchs place their filils; 
To fhun the fcrubbing of a bearded KiTs; 
And Tcape Abortion \ but their folid Joy 
Is ^3 when the Page, already pad a Boy, 
Is Caponed late ; and to the Guelder (hown, 
With bis two Pounders to Perfe^ion grown. 
When all the NaveMlring cou*d give, appears $ . 
All but the Beard, and that's the Barber's k>i^ not tbdrsi 
Seen from afar, and famous for his Ware, 
He ftruts into the Bath, among the Fair : 
Th' admiring Crew to their Devotions fall: 
And, kneding, on their New HP^i4;fiw call. 
Kerv'd for his Lady's ufe, and with her lies \ 
And let him drudge for her, if thou art wile. 
Rather than truft him with thy Fav'ritc Boy j 
He proffers Death, in profifcring to enjoy. 

If Songs they love, the Singer's Voice they ^orct 
Beyond his Compafs, 'till his Quail- Pipe's hoarie \ 
His Lute and Lyre, with thi^r Embrace is worn^ 
With Knots they trim it, and with Gems adorn: 
Run over all the Strings, and Kifs the Cafe; 
And make Love to it, in the Maker's place. 

A certain Lady once of high Degree, 
To Jmus Vow'd, and Vifitii Deity, 



. 2) He taxes Women with | nuchsasaregueldedwhenth 
thcii loving Lunuchs, who can are alieady at the Age of Ma 
grt no Childien } but adds. 



that they only love fuch £u- 



alieady at the Age 
hood. 
24 The God of Loft. 

T4 



Sat. VI. JVVEltAt. 8t 

That^^ VoOao mighf, in Stog^, win the Prize i 

Pfl//w the Dear, the Darling of her Eyes : 

She pray'd, and brib'd \ what cou'd (he more have done 

For a fick Husband, or an only Son ? 

With her Face veil'd, and heaving up her Hands, 

The (htmelefs Suppliant at the Altar (lands » 

The Forms of Pra7*r (he (blemnly purines \ 

And, pale with Fear, the ofFer'd Intrails views. 

Anfwer, ye Powers : For, if you heard her Vow, 

Your Godihips, iiire, had little elfe to do. 

This is not all 5 for *^ Adlors, they implore : 
An Impudence ndt known to Heav'n before. 
Th'»7^r«/^Af, tir'd with this Religious Rout, 
Is forc'd to dand (b long, he gets the Gout. 
But fuller not thy Wife abroad to roam, 
IF (he loves Singing, let her iing at hom«; 
Not (brut in Streets^ with Amazonian Pace; 
For that's to Cuckold thee before thy Face. 

Their endlefs Itch of News comes next in play; 
They vent their own; and hear what others fay. 
Know what in Thrace^ or what in TrancB is done; 
Th' Intriegues betwixt the Stepdam, and the Son. ^ 
Tell who k>ves who, what Favours fome partake : 
And who is Jilted for another's fake. 
What pregnaiit Widow in what Month was made; 
How oft (he did, and doing, what (he (aid. 

She, firft, beholds the ragiA'g Comet riite: 
Knows whom it threatens, and what Lands dc(hOy«. 
Still for the neweft-News (he lies in wait; ^ 

And takes Reports, juft entVing at the Gate. 
Wrecks, Fkxxis, and Fires; whatever (he can meet, 
She fpreads ; and is the yanf of evVy Street. 



27 He who infpe^s the In- 
trails of the Sactifice, and from 
thence foretells the Soccefs. 



2f A famous Singing Boy. 
%€ That fuch an A^oi v^hom 
thf^ IgTMight win the Pxize. 



} 



8i JturBJtjtA Si>». VI 

This is a^Gncnnce; but the next is wor&i^ 
A very Judgment* and her Neighbours Curie : 
Sor, if their Barking Dog difturb her E%£c 
Ko Pray'r can bind her, no Excufe appeaft, 
Di' unmaaner'd Mak&^or U arraign'd ^ 
But firft the Mafter, who the Curr roaintiin*d# 
Muft feel the Scourge: By Night (be leaves heTvBed^. 
By Night her Bathing Equipage iskd. 
That marching Armies a le(s Noi(e createj 
She moves in Tumult, and (he fweatt in States 
Mean- while, her Guefts their Aj^ftires muft ketfu 
Some gape fcMr>Hunger> and ibme ga^ for Sleep. 
At length (be come$> all flB(h'd -,.. but ere Acfufp 
Swalbws a Twinging Preparation->Cnp ^ 
And then to dear her Stomachy fpews it ttp« 
The Deluge- Vomit all the Floor o'erfiows. 
And the four Savour nau(eates ev'ry Nofe« 
Sbe drio&s again> agiin (he fpew-s a Lake;. 
Her wretched Husband fees, and dares not (peak;: : 
But mutters many a Cur(e againfl bis Wife f 
And damns himfelftfor chuiing fuch a Life. 

But of all Plagues, the grcatefl is untold ; 
The Book-leam*d Wife m Gr^eJ^and Latin boId«. 
The Critick-Dame, who at her Table (its : 
B^mir and yirpi quotes, and weighs their Wittf . 
And pities Dui^'s Agonizing Fits. 
She has Co far th* Afceadant of the Board, 
The prating Pedant puts not in one Word : : 
The Man of Law is Non-pluft, in his Sute | . 
Nay, ev'ry other Female Tongue is mute. 
Namcners, and beating Anvils, you woa'd fwiiii . 
And .^^ KuUan with his whole Militia there. . 

alTteCodof $mitkf» 



VI. J V F BH J L. 8^ 

^and Trttmpets ceale» for (he alooe 
redeem the hbViog Moon. 
;'s % Burthen, when ic talks too long: 
(rho has no Continence of Tongue* 
ralk in Breeches, and (hou*d wear a BearJ s 
among the Philoibphick Herd. 
I midnight Curie has he, whoie Side 
I with a3<>Mood and Figure-Bride! 
:, je Gods! (if fuch muft he my Fate) 
:k Learn, nor Hiftorj tranflatej 
r be a quiet, humble Fool: 
i¥ife to whom I go to School, 
lbs the Grammar- Tree, difttndly knows 
oun, and Verb, and Participle growsj 
ber Country-Neighbour \ aidd, a*bed, 
ing i^?rifcianX breaks her Husband's Head, 
iwdy GofTip, when (he's iet agog, 
\ dreft, and at each Ear a Bob, 
uing out, and in her trim of Prid^ , 

I (he fays or does, is juftify'd. j \ ;,/ 

)r, (he's fcarce a tolerable Evil^ 
and fine, a Wife's a very OeviL 
dy, once a Month, renews her Faces 
s, it lies in Dawb, and hid in Greaie; 
the Husband^s Nights^ (he craves hex du^i 
iat Kides, and is (luck in Ghie« 
: Lov'd Adult'rer when (he (leers, 
Q the Bathi in Brightne(s.(he iqppears; 



IT 



Ancients thought 

(uch Soonds they 

% the Moon oat of 

iiaawhohasletai'4 



IX A Woman Qrammatian^ 
who correfts her Husband fot 
(peaking ^ilfe lAtini whichr 
ifltfaird bieaking Pri/cMVa 
Haidi 



For 



«4 jVVENAL. Sat. VI^ 

For him the ixx^ArMa fweats her Gumt 

And precious Oils from difbnt Initis come: 

How Haggardly (be'er (he looks at home. 

Th* Eclipfe then vaniihesi and all her Face 

Is open'd, and redor'd to ev'ry Grace, 

The Cruft remov'd, her Cheeks as rmootb as S3k> 

Are polidi'd with a Wa(h of AlTcs Milks 

And niou*d (he to the farthe(l Hmh be (eot* 

A Train 3' of thefe attend her Bani(hment. 

But hadft thou feen her plaifter'd up before* 

'Twas fo unlike a Face, it (eem*d a Sore. 

Tis worth our while, to know what all the Diy \ 

They do, and how they pafs their time away. 
For, if o'er-night the Husband has been (lack. 
Or counterftir^ Sleep, and tarn'd his Back, 
Next day, be fure, the Servants go to wrack. 
The Chamber-maid and Dreder, are call'd Whoftii 
The Page is (Iript, and beaten out of doors. 
The whole Houfe fufifcrs for the Mafter's Crime: 
And he himfelf is warn'd, to wake another time. 

She hires Tormentors by the Year} (he treats 
Her Vifitors, and talks; but (lill (he beats. 
Beats while (he paints her Face, furveys her Gown* 
Cafts up the Day's Account, and (lill beats ion: 
Tir'd out, at length, with an outrageous TonCf 
She bids 'cm, in the Devil's Name, be gone. 
Compared with fuch a proud, infulting Dame, 
Sicilian 33 Tyrants may renounce their Name. 
For, if (he hades abroad, to take the Air, 
©r goes to Jfis* Church Cthe Bawdy-houfe of Pray*r) 
She hurries all her Handmaids to the Task> 
Ikr Head, alone, will twenty Dreders ask. 



I 



iZ ^ Trafn ef thtfe. That 
is, of She-AflTcs. 

J 3 SisiliAnTyrdnthtae^tOVD. 



to a Provcib in Latin foe that 

pnielty^ 



VI. JUFENAl. 8f 

e CUeT, with Bread and Shoulders bare, 
g, coofiders e^tj fiiacd Hanrs 
r^ler from hb Rank be fbnndy 
nuft, fin: the Mortal Sin, compound, 
aoc in fault : But ia the Glafs, 
■e's offended at herown ill Face, 
i is baniih'd} and another Girl 
t'roos, manages the Comb and Curlf 
ire £immon'd on a point k nices 

the grave old Woman gives Advice. 

is cali'dy and To the turn goes roindt 

or Age, or Wiidom, is renown'd: 

nm, fuch deKb'rate Care they take* 

Life and Honour lay at (lake: 

Ittfls on Curls, they build her Head beforti 

int it with a formidable Tow*r. 

& (he ieems; but k>ok behind, 

(he dwindles to the Pigmy kind. 

^d, (hort- wafted, fuch a Dwarf (he is* 

mnft rt(e on Tip-toes for a Kifs. 

lie, her Husband's whole Eftate is fpent! 

p bare, while (he receives his Rent. 

ilnm not$ fhe lives not as a Wife» 

Bawling Neighbour, full of Strife : 
1, in this akme, that (he extends 
to all his Servants and his Friends. 
'• Priefts, an Eunuch at their Head* 

Streets a mad Proceffion lead % 
neraUe Guelding, large, and high, 
the Herd of his inferior Fry. 
tid Clergy-men aboat him prances 
the Timbrels to their Myftick Dance»^ 



dififii^upcheHead 
UcUvf^aJpii?!, 
idc&t way amoagft 



.11 BtHons*% Priefts weie ft 
foxf of Focraoc-ttUors, ^nd tJui . 
High Fxicft an Eimach. 



Goihldsof Teftides, tbey tev theor Tbrait^ 
And fqueak, in Treble, thdr unmanly Notes, 
Mean-while, his Cheeks the Mitred Prophet fwdii^ 
And dire Prei^^ •£ the Year fioretels. 
Uniefi with E^ (his Prieftly Hire; they hafte 
To expiate, and avert th' Autumnal Blaft. 
And 3^ add be(?de a murrey- coloured Veft» 
Which, in their places, may reoeivo the Peft: 
And, thrown into the Flood, their Grimes may boi^ 
To purge th' unkicky Omens of the Year. 
Th' ailonifht Matrons pay, before the cefti 
That Sex is ftiU obnoxious to the PrielU 

Thro' ye they beat, and [dunge into the Stronif 
If fb the God has warn'd 'em in a Dream. 
' Weak in thfir Lirobs> but in Devotion ftrong, 
' On their bare Hands and Feet they crawl along 
A whole Fields length, the laughter of the Thmg^ 
Shou'd Jo (h's Prieft I mean) conunand 
AMgrimage to Mtriis burning Sand, 
Thro' Dc£irts they wou'd feek the ieaet Sprbgi- 
A Holy Water for Luftration bring. 
Now can they pay their PrieQs too much Refpcd;. 
Who trade with Heav'n. and £arthly. Gains negiefi<2 
With him, Domeftick Gods difcouriib by Night: 
By Day, attended by his Choir in white. 
The Bald-pate Tribe runs madding thro' the Sticct». 
And fmile to ice with huw much eaie they Cfa^afi* ' 
The Ghoftly Sire forgives the Wife's Delights.. 
Who lins, thro' Fraiky, on forbidden Nightii^ 
And tempts her Husband in the Holy tioac^ 
When Carnal Pkaiure is a Mortal Crime. 



%€ ^Andddd hefide^ 8tC. A 
Qaimtot was given to the 
nifftf ,whichhe.thciiw into the 



Rivet; and that, they thm^ 
bote all tktfSiiis'ofthiM! 



w. 35r ©« r jr if ^ ij. a^ 

dog Image ihifcti Us Hokt bat he 

oaUed PNjf'ts tttmci the Deicjf^ 

I Briefthoflri the te Goofe receive, 

oQce farib'd, the Godhead muSt farpvc. 

ner. thefe remof e^ hot M of FeVy. 

j^imifi whimpers aa your £ar« 

an Aims: Ao High-PHefTs Daughter ih^ 

'harTkhMuL a«d Divinitj, 

befief bepeitfa a (hadj T^ee; 

Ifra Basket, and old Bgf her Bed» 

h apd Tdiiog PortmieB gains hor Bread: 

and fime finaU Monies, are her Fees^ 
iterprets all your Direams fot theft, 
t* Eftate, whea the Rich Uncle dies, 
I Sweet-heart in the Sacrifice. 
B, a Pidgeon's Intrails can diicloie: 
t th' jirmmim Jlttgur far oat-goes: - 
a Viftim move obfcene, he. rakesf 
ler'd Infants for Inipe^on takes: 

hii lopioiis Pradice he purfiies} 
will his Accomp&es accu&. 
!>edit,.jet, v^toVCkMidttms giv'nt 
r fere^, is deem'd the Voice, of Hea?*dtoi 
wersi as £rom U/mmtidt Akar, comc} . 
r the DMJfMw Oiades are dumb, 
cind» ^norant of future Fate^ 
to fond Afirakigers rdate^ 
fe» tho moft in iKigoaJsJie, who fint-r 
sas, js retum'd from BeniOiment, 
te to S^afpicing Olio fold { 
Sncceffion to the Qrown fbretdd; 
leem is in his Exile phc'd % 
\ Believki, the more be was Di%rae^d» 

IWM-aievthMghrto | the Empire) whnch was foro^ 

filC«CCd6d.C4^4*iA b 



1 



8S JVVENAL, Sat 

No Aflrobgick Wixaid Haoour giiDf» 

Who his not ofc been banilh'd, or io Chiiiit. < 

He gets Renown, who, to the Haher nev* 

But narrowly eicapcs, and bays it dear. 

From him your Wife enquires the Pbnets WiH 
When the Black Jamik* (hall her Mother ki&:. 
Her Sifter's and her Uokle's End, wou*d kooW; 
Bat, firfl, confuks his Art, when you (haU go. 
And, what's the greatcft Gift that Heav'n caagifi^ 
If, after her, th* Adulterer ihaU five. 
She neither knows nor cares to know the reft; 
If 39Ai;«ri and Smmm (hall the World infirft; 
Or Jov% and Vinm with their Friendly Rayi* 
Will interpofe, and bring us better Days: 

Beware the Woman too, and (bun her fight* 
Who in thefe Studies does her felf ddightf 
By whom a greafie Almanack is bom* 
With often handling, like chaft Amber worn: 
Not now confulting, but cooiuked, (he 
Of the Twelve Houfes, and their Lords, is free. 
She, if the Scheme a fatal Journey (how. 
Stays (afe at home, but lets her Husband go. 
If but a Mile (he travel out of Town, 
The Planetary Hour muft firft be known, 
And lucky moment ; if her Eye but akes 
Or itches, its Decumbiture (he takes. 
No Nouridiment receives in her Difeaf^ 
But what the Stars and ^VHlm^ (hall plea(c. 
The middle fort, who have KOt much to fpare^ 
To Cbii-omancers cheaper Art repair, 
Who clap the pretty Palm, to make the Lines moitfi 

39 JAats and Ssmum are the | tunate. 
twoUnfoxtunate Planeuj Jt^ \ ^oPtoUmy^ Famofui 
//>#r and Vtnfn, the two. £oc- i logtr> an ^gypum^ 



Sit. VI. J WE NA L. 8p 

But the Rich Matron, who has more to give. 
Her Anfwers from the 4' Brachman wiU recei? e : 
Skiird in the Globe and Sphere, he gravely (lands, 

And, with his Compafs, mea/ures Seas and Lands* 
The pooreft of the Sex, have fiiU an I(ch 

To know their Fortunes, equal to the Rich. 

The Dairy-Maid enquires, if ihe ihall take 

The trufty Taylor, and the Cook forfake. 
Yet tbefi, tho' Poor, the Pain of Child-bed bear | 

Aod, without Nuries, their own Infants rear : 

You feldom hear of the rich Mamie, fpread J 

For the Babe, bom in the great Lady's Bed. 

Such is the Pow'r of Herbs i fuch Arts they a& 
To make them barren, or their Fruit to lofe. 
But thou, whatever Slops (he will have bought» 
Be thankful, and fupply the deadly Draught: 
Help her to make Mao-(laughter$ let her bleeds 
And never want for Savin at her need. 
For, if (he holds 'till her Nine Months be rum 
Thou aiay'ft be Father to 4* an JEthhp*s Son; 
A Boy, who ready gotten to thy hands. 
By Law is to inherit all thy Lands : 
One of that hue, that (hou'd he crofs the way* 
His 4? Omen wou'd difcolour all the Day. 

I pafs the Foundling by, a Race unknown. 
At doors ezpos'd, whom Matrons make their own t 



4T Tht BrMcbmMHt %ttIndiMn 
Fhilofopheis, who xemain to 
this d^y s and hold, after P^- 
tUgirMSy the Tranflation of 
Souls fxom one Body to ano- 
ther. 

42 His meaning is, help her 
to any kind of Slops, which 
■ay Mnib her to miffaxiy i loi 



fear (he may be brought to Bed 
of a Blackmoor, which thou, 
being her Hmband, art bound 
to Father \ and that Ba(lai4 
may by Law Inheiit thy Efiate. 
4) The %omAns thought it 
ominous to fee a Blackmoot 
in the Morning, if he were the 
fiiil Mao they met. 



9fr JTrrM NjtL, SAt.1 

And iitto Nafak FamiKoi adrtiics 
A Namddt I£Eie, the bliiid work of Chtocse* 
Indalgenc Fortune doei her Care ^fkj. 
And, GaS&of^ broods apoo thcNtked Boy:. 
Her Garment fpreads, and kps him hi' the Folib 
And oofen -with her Wiogh from nighdy Goid^* 
Gives him her Bieffing^ pott hhn hi ft W171 - 
Sets op the Faroe* and laaghs at her own FlajF* 
Hhn (he promotes^ (he ftfoors hhn ahuM^ 
And makes Frafvifioo for hhn, as her own. 

The cravhig Wife die Ibroe of Magpck ttk^ 
And Philters fior tV mttUe HnabMd hupi 
The Potion works not on the patt dB%Mt 
BoctivnshisBndns. and IhfffitolMlAid^ ' 
The lotted Aloon-Cdf apes» and teing 01^ 
Soes his own Bas^aeft hf another done; - 
A^loog OhBvioBi a hewimmhtg Fraft^ 
Gonftrabs his Heads and Tdbcdaf is lots 
Some nunUcr Jaior woa'd mate hito&ani andlMI 
like that 44G^/Mi to her Qms gave: 
Who» plucking from the Forehead of tBe FUa 
His Mother's Love» iofiis'd it in the Boiri: 
The boiKng Blood ranhtfling. in his Vdn^ 
TBI the mad Vappor mounted -to^hia.Bnnnt» 
Tlie 4f ThundVo* was not half fi> much on Fkd^ 
When }^w#*s Giidle kindled hb Defire. 
What Woman wyi not nie the Pois'ning Trader. 
,When Cdfrn^M Wife tk FKqedent has made I 

41 ThcStOf^ is bA 
#hcfe Jhm9 hoaom^4 thi 
i&e of rums, cdlfd 
to make 7«ftrfr in low 
her, while At Owtfkmi 



4l4Xttfims9 Wifo CO <Ww 
M(S"^, thk. greai Tjrastt 
*Tit ftid At gasehiifti a Love* 
locido, whi£i,%isgiip into 
Ids Head, ^iftsafted him 1 an4 
was the oeeafioa of hii 
cpttfluttwf fomaiqr Afts o^ 
Gaiekj*. 



Tr^Jttu weiefiMng^ 4i 
night-no^ 1i^ wis MU 



et 4^ AgnffM% Muflvvom be forgot, 
fWtk to a ikvVing, old, umfefttl SoC{ 
:hat only cWd the driv'lkig.Dotaid'sE3Wf» 
knd feat Us Godhead downward to the Skice. 
\at this fierce Potkm calb for Fire and Sword; 
!>ior fpares the ComoMiis, when it ftxifcei the Lord 
3a inanj Mifchiel^ were in one combin'di 
Sa mudi one fing^ Pob'ner coft Mankiad. 

If Stefidames feek their Sons-b-Law t^ kiD, 
*Tb venhl Trefpafii let them have their Will:. 
But let the Child, entrufted to the Caio 
Of Us oim Mother, of her Bread beware.* 
Beware die Food (he reaches with her HandK 
The Mcrfid is iateaded for thy L^nd. 
^y Tuter be thy Taller, ene thou eat i 
There's Pdifimifl thy DrhJc, and ia thy Meat* 

You think this fiagn'di the Satyr in a Raga 
Struts in the Buskins of the Tragick Stages 
Sorgets his BuiVwA is to Laugh and 1^^ 
And win of Deaths and dire Revenges wfte^ 
Wou'd it were afl « Fabk, that you raads 
Bat 47 jyrymtKi% Wife pleads gutky to the Deed« 
i ('(he confe0b^ in the Fkd was caught> 
Two Sons ditching at one deadly Draught. 
What, Two! Two Sons, thou Viper, in one Day! ' 
Yes, Sev'n, (he cries, if Sev'a Were in my way. 
AMa/s 48L^Hid is no ojore a Lye^ 
One Age adds Gredic to Antiquity. 



4^ *^p*^nA was the Mo- 
Shec ^ the Tyiant J/<r«, who 
poyibn*dherHosband CUudittSf 
thin N*r» might Succeed, who 
was hec Son,' and not Britaff 
il<niM9;,who< mu the Son of 
eiAw^VA, by a former Wife. 



ibo'd her Soas, that (he might 
fucceed to theii Bfiare : Tm 
was done either in the Poet*a 
time, or |uft before it. 

4SJff4^M, out of Kevenge 
to yaf§H who had fbrfakea 
ker, kUVd the IchUdieawhich 



4l^^DMWidowtQf X>r7iiM9iM>y- ' He had by him,^ 



JjSt yUP'^NAL. Sat. \ 

Great Ills, we grant> in former Times did Reign, 
And Murthers then were done; but not for Gain. 
Lefs AdmiratioB to great Crimes is due, 
Which they thro* Wrath, or thro* Revenge, parfue. 
For, weak of Realbn, impotent of WiU, 
The Kx is hurry'd headlong into III : 
And, like a Cli£F firom its Foundation torn. 
By raging Earthquakes, into Seas is born. 
But thofe are Fiends, who Crimes from Tliought beg 
And, cool in Mifchief, meditate the Sin. 
They read th* Example of a pious Wife, 
Redeeming, with her oWn, her Husbanci^i Lifes 
Yet, if the Laws did that Exchange afifbrd^* 
Would £ive their Lap-Dog fobner than their Lord, 
Where-e'er you walk, the ^9BtUdes you meet> 
And f o Cfytimntftrtfs grow in e?*ry Street : 
But here's the dilf rence \ Agamtnmon'% Wife 
Was a grofs Butcher, with a bloody Knifef 
But Murther, now, is to perfeAion gfowii:^ 
And fubtle Poifons ure empby'd alone: 
Unlefs (brae Antidr)te prevents their Art«, 
And lines with Ballbm all the Noble Parts; 
In fuch a cafe, rcfcrv'd for fuch a need, 
Rather than fail, the Dagger does the Deed. 

49 The Helideu were fifty | band Linm, 
Sifteit, marryM to fifty young 50 Clyttmntjhk the Wift 
Men, their Coufin-Germans $ %jtg4animnon^ yfho» in fav( 
and kiird them all on their to her Adulterer f^jfibiw, « 



Weddixig-Night,exccptmg tiy 
firmnfjtrn, who favMheiHus- 



coAfcnting to his JMuithex^ 



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U P" E N A L. 



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THE 



SEVE^NTH SATYR. 



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Bf ■ Mr. C'HARL ES DRY DEN. 



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The. ARGUMENT. 



H^ 4md EmoMr^ement cf all the Learned is 
iy rtpofd'.in Csur ; whether in Domitian, 
'ervv, 0r Trajan, is left doubtftil by the Poet. 
he^NMUty^ which in Reafon onghf to Patronize 
9e^yf. amd Jleward it 3 are now grown fordidfy 
iMMp^, and think it enongb for them barely to 
mfilVriterSj or to write ill l/'erfes them/elves. 
fffSMfes Oecafion to onr Author ^^ to lament 
nwgi the hard Fortune and Necejities of other 
rfSf and their Profejfors ; particularly Hifio^ 
MV, Lawyers^ Rhetoricians^ and Grammarians. 

^ Cdfar all our. Studies muft depend: 
For (Ufar is alone the Muies Friend : 
mow the celebrated Wits, for Need, 
Bagnio's, to the Oyer's Trade fucceed, 
et thdr own by Baking others Bread » 



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O: 



^4 yVFENAL, SJit.Vl 

Or bftihe Porter's Lodge, with Beggars, watt 
ftr g^eafie Fragments at the great Man's Gate. 
*Tis better, b\ if thy Poetick Fob 
Refufeto pay an Ordinary^s Club; 
And much more Honeft, to be hir'd, and flaoll 
With Audkmary Hammer in thy Hand, 
Trofoking to give more, and kaocking thriee 
For the fold Houfhold Stuff, or Figure's Pricoi 
«Expofii|g Play-Books, full of Fuftian Lines, 
Or the dull Libraries of dead Divhies. 

Ev'nihi^ is better, tho' 'tis hardly ^gde.. 
Than be a perjnr'd Witnefs ^of a Plot, 
To fwear he faw three Inches thro* a Door, 
As Afuttfck Ey id c n ce s fwore; 
Who hither coming, out at Heels and Knees» 
for this had Peofioos, Titles, and Degrees. 

Ubnceibrward, let no Poet fiear to ftanre$ 
XUfar will give, if we can but deicrve. 
Tune aD your Lyres, the Monarch's Vni& itsAUk 
The lab'ring Mule, and vaft Rewards cickes: 
But if from other Hands than bis, you thidc 
To find Supply, 'tis Lofs of Pen and Ink: 
Let Flames on your unlucky Papers prey. 
Or Moths thro' written Pages eat their wayi 
Your Wars, your Eioves, your Praifes be forgot 
And make of all an unlverial Blot. 
The Mofes Ground i» bmren Deiart all. 
If no Support from OtW% Bounty fillip 
The reft is empty Praife, an Ivy Crow^, 
Or the lean > Statve of a (larv'd RencM. 

For now the cunning Patron never pays. 
But thinks he gives enough in giving Praiies 
Ij^tols the Poem, and the Foetus Vein, 
As Boys admire the Peacock's gaudy TVatn: 

X AStatue eieded ia Hofurai of a roii* 



. JUFENJL. 

f Maohood, £t for Toils and WaN^ 
;, and Storms, and Houihoki Canes, 
, and aH th/ Strength impairs. 

filent pace, comes creeping on, . 
'raife, whidi in her Touth (he won, 
Au&f by which (he was undone, 
of thy baie Patron now behold, 
jrfe, and finre his darling Gold ; 
in the ftarving Wit he treats) 

Verfies, which himfelf repeats^ 
?MMr oD no other fcore, 
v*d a thousand Years before. 

alone'thou doft pretend, 
I his empty Palace lend $ 
^oors, adom'd with plated Braft, 
, as at a City Gate, may pais, 

a£brd thee, to rehearfe, 
^ients to applaud thy Verier 
irthing to defray the Coib 

the ^ Pulfk, and the Pofts. 
that cofts him nothing, hebeftowa^ 
rtbhle on, tho* ftill we loie^ 
id cultivate with Care, a Groofld 
am of Gain was ever found: 
f Poetry our Souls bewitch i 
Writing is an -endlefs Itch. 
lie fiol^ Genius is allow'd, 
tch'd Pinions foara above the Qoud, 
Thought can doath with manly Diafi* 
ancy, but can ne'er exprefs: 
¥it, tho' rarefy to be found, 

from Want, if nottbooad* 
ice, impatient of the War, 
lefi, and afaiionuig Caff $ 

whkh the Boets idneac^^ 



96 JUVENAL. Sat.'^ 

He maft have Grores, and lonely Fouatws chalet 

Aod cafie Solitudes to bait bis Mafe ; 

Unvex'd with Thought of Wants, whidi may betideb 

Or for to-morrow's Dinner to provide. 

B»rac% 3 ne*er wrote but with a rofie Cheek, 

His Belly pamper'd, and bis Sides were (leek. 

A Wit fliould have no Gaie, or this alone. 

To make his rifing Numbers juftly ran. 

"Bho^Hs and Bacchus^ thofe two joUy Gods, 

Bear no (hrv'd Poets to their bleft Abodes. 

Tis not for hungry Wit, with Wants coatrolTdt 

The Face of yov§ in Council to behold: - ' 

Or Fierce 4 Aleih, when her Brand (he to&'d, * 1 

Betwixt the Ihjan and Rutilian Hoft: ^ 

If Virgir$ Suit i Mecdfuu had not fped, ^ 

And felt ^ Alixh tathe Poet's Bed$ •^ 

The crefted Snakes had dropt upon this Ground, \ 

And the loud Trumpet languifh'd in the Sound. ^ 

Yet we expcd: that 7 Lafpa's Mufc (houk 
As much as did immortal ^ Sophocles s 
When he his Diflies and his Cloaths has (ent 
To pawn, for Payment of a Quarter's Rent j 
His Patron 9 Numiur will nothing lend, 
Pleads Want ot Money to his wretched Friend* 
Yet can large Prefents to his Harlot fend ; 
Can purchaie a tame Lion, and can treat 
The kingly Slave with iev'ral Sorts of Meat: 
It (eems he thinks th'Expence is nK>re, to fbft 
The famifli'd Poet, than the hungry Beaft. 

3 A famous Poet, who was j whom Virgit was in Unt, \ 
in great Favour with the Em- 1 7 \i^r^nm Ld^fs^ a poor 
peror ^nguftus Csfur^ by the 1 Tragick Poet. ; 
means of his Patron MecanAs. \ % An excellent Foct ofii".] 

4 One of the three Furies, thens^ who wrote 6r«W( Ttt*^ 

5 A Favouiite to sAugujtus^ gedies. *. 

and a great Patron of Poets. . 9 A rich NoblenaB ^ 

6 MtcAnM h'u Boy *, viiik 'K^mu Um 



§if. vii. 3^ t/ V n N A r;: rr. 

Imam >•, Mtt^nt With Pnl(e> may Ik it esiib 
Id coftly CiOtts. and Marbte Pabcei: 
Battopoor » 1^^ whtc -avails a Names 
To (farve oa Compliments, and empty Fame? 

All t^ium is pkasM, when >^ ^/ii//«i# will rebearfib 
And kioglng Growds expert the promitM Vcde: 
His lofty Numbers with fi> great a Guft 
They hear, and rwiHof^ wkh (iieh eager Loft : 
But, #hile the eommon Sufirige erown'd hit Cijj&i 
And broke the Bencfafes with theltl<Md Apptaofei <! 
His Mu(e had ftJffv'dj had n6t a Piece unread, ' 
And by a <) Player bought, fiipply*d her ftread. • : 

He could di^fe of Honours, arid Commands, 

The Power of B^ome was in an A6fcor'8 Hands, 

Tbe peacefiil Gown, and military Sword: 

The bounteous Phy'r ouc«gate the pinching Lord, 

^nd wouidd thou, Pbet, ri(e before the 8un, 

And to his Honour's Lszy Levn nifv? 

Stick to the Stage, and leave thy fordid Vta\ 

And yet, Hcav'n knows, 'tis earn*d withNardihip there. 

The former Age did one Meanas fee. 

One giving Lord of happy Memory. 

Tben, then, 'twas worth a Writer's Pains, to pine, 

look pale, and all i4 pecemier tafte no Wine. 
Such is the Poet'-s Lot: What luckier Fate 

Does on the Works of gravtf Hiflbrians wait? 



10 A great Foe^, who wss 
pot to Death by mr$y pxnl/ 
out of Envy to bis Poetry, 
fanly, fox being in a Plot 
mk his Vade StuecM and 

11 SdUfHt Baffus, a poor 
Poet. 

-ta Stmiuti Suinam'd Pa^- 
wvt a jfagious Poet ia Ib'e 



Time of C^fariD^mituut^ 

H Paris^ a famous Ador ; 
and Favottiite to D§mitisH^ 
the patron of Statms. 

T4 The K^wAns celebratecT 
their great Holydays, callect 
SdtttrHMlia, ia Dtcemberi when 
every one 'drank freely } and 
the s^vcs we;c, in a manner, 
Ma&CM, 

More 



j)ft JUVENAL. Sat. VI 

More Timechef (pend* io giroita Toils engi^i 
Their Volumes fwell beyond the thoufiodth Fige: 
For thus the Laws of Hhlory^commaod \ 
And much good Piper fufiers in their Hand. 
What Harveft riies from this labour'd Ground? 
Where they get Pence, a '^ Ckrk can get a Ponod. 
A bzj Tribe, juft of the Poet's pitcfaf 
Who think chemielves aboie tfacgpowing ridi. 

Nq[6 ihewme the wdtloDg'd '^ GrMWa GMi 
Who bcarf in Triumph an ArtiUVjr Tkain 
Of Chancery libebi opens the firft Qnfe 
Then with a Pick- lock Tongue pcefcrts the Laws: 
Talks loud enough in Gmfcience for hia Fee^ 
Takes Care his Client all his Zeal may ieei 
Twitch'd by the Sleeve, he mouths it more aad totuL 
Till with' white Froth his Gown is.flaver'do'cc. 
Ask what he ggins by all this lying PEtte> 
A Captain's Plunder trdJes his Effa^. 
The Magiftrate ailiimes his awfiil Seat; 
Stand forth >7 pale J^axj and thy Speech repeat: - 
Aflort thy Client's Freedom i bawl» and tear 
So loud, thy Country- Judge at leaft may 
If not diicem \ and when thy Lui^ are fore* 
Hang up the ^^ Vigor's Garland at thy Door: 
Ask for what Price thy venial Tongue was fiikb 
A rufty Gammon of fome fev'n Years old: 
Tough, wither'd 19 Trmffess ropy Wine» a Difii 
Of fhottoi Herring, or (tale ftinkiog Fifli. 
For four rimes talking, if one piece thou taket 
• That muft be cantled^ and the Judge go fiiack. 



15 Ox xarhci a publick No- 
tary. 

16 JUi thoie Times the Law- 
' yers got little. 

17 AJIuding to that of O- 
'jii j C9nftd§r9 Duttii Sec; 

^ 'ft When SB Oxatas had 



\ won a Canfe, a Cariaai 
himg up before his Doet 
\9 Trt^Sf in Ef^^ 
led Qroand-Chcft-flin» 
Fignutt : Bar* pafeafSi' 
Atohor^mcaM OayM^ 
ScalUoiis* 



Jat?» VII. JUVENAL. 99 

Tis true* ^o M/mUms taket a fire-fold Fee, 

Tho' fbme ^ead better, with more Liw tiun lie: 

Bat then be keeps his Gotch, fix fUttders Maret 

Dnw him in Srate. whenefor he appears: 

He (hewf hia Statue too, where pkc*d on high. 

The Ginnet underneath him fiems to fly » 

WhOe with a lifted Spear, in Armour bright* 

His aiming Figure meditates a ^ghr. 

Widi Arts like chde, rich MMiUt when he Ipeakst 

Attacks all Fees, and fittle Lawyers breaks, 

TkiiiUImst rerj poor, has yet an Itch 
Of gaining Wealth, by feigning to be rich; 
Btthes often, and in State, and proudly vain. 
Sweeps thro' the Streets with a kmg dirty lYain; 
From theooe, with Lackeys running by his Side» 
High un the Backs of brawny Slaves will ride. 
In a kMg Litter, thro' the Market-place i 
Aod with a Mod the diftant Rabble grace : 
Clad in a Gown, that glows with Tj^nsn Djf9 
Sweys rich Mo?eabIes with curious Eye, 
Beats down the Price, and threatens ftill to buy. 
Nor can I wonder at flich Tricks u thefe : 
The purpk Garments raife the Lawyer's Fees» 
And Miiim dearer to the Tool that boysi 
H^h Pomp and State are uiefol Propenies« 
The Luxury of Smm wiU know no End ; 
For ftiU the lefi we hare, the more we f^end. 

Truft Eloquence to (hew our P^s and Breeding! 
Not * > Tkfy now cou'd get ten Groats by pleadingi 
Unlefi the iSiamond glitter'd on his Hand : 
Wealth's all the Rhet'rick CUents underftand : 
Vithoot large Equipage, and lood Expence, 
The Prince of Orators wpuld fizarca fpeak Seale. 

' so Emilms. A rich Lawytr. f the greateft Orator that e?et 
• 21 M4rc9i TmUiu9 Cinft * X9mt bxcd. 

Fa fMil 



100 JV r E N A L. S AT. VII. 

I 

ftutlus *'f who with Magnificence did plead. 
Grew rich, wMIe tatter'd GtdtUi begg'd his Broul, 
"Who to poor Baplui his Caufe would truft» 
Tho' ne'er fo full of Pity, ne'er fo juft ? 
His Clients, unregarded, claim their due; 
For Eloquence in Rags was never true. 
Go, Wretch, thy Pleadings into ^B Jfr'tck iend % 
Or France, where Merit never needs a Friend. 

But oh, what Stock of Patience wants the Fo<J» 
"Who waQes his Time and Breath in teaching School! 
To hear the Speeches of declaiming Boys» 
p^epoling Tyrants with eternal Noiie! 
Sitting or (landing, (!ill confin'd to roar 
In the fame Verfe. the fame Rules o'er and o*er: 
What Kind the Speech, what Colours, how to purge 
Objedtions, ftate the Cafi, and Reafbns urge. 
All would learn thele $ but at the Quarter-day, 
Few Parents will the Pedant's Labour pay. 
I^y, Sir ! For what? The Scholar knows no more 
At fix Months End, than what he knew before: 
Taught, or untaught, the Dunce is Hill the fame. 
Yet dill the wretched Mafter bears the blame. 
Once ev'ry Week poor Hannibal is maul'd; 
The Theme is giv'n, and (Irait the Council's calTd, 
Whether he (hould to 'BUfme diredlly go, 
To reap the Fruit of the dire »4 Overthrow i 
Or into Quarters put his harrafs'd Men 
'rill Spring returns, and take the Field agen. 
The murder'd Mafter cries. Would Parents hear 
But half that Stuff which I am bound to bear. 
For that Revenge I'll quit the whole Arrear« 



\ 



21 pAulm was t rich Law- 
yer, Bdfilut and CaUhs were 
veiy poor. 

2f Frdnci and ^A fries were 

then famous fox great Law- 



24 The Viftory obtaioed 

by Hannibdl at Cdnns i sfttt 
which, if ho had immeai' 
ately attempted 'Hgme^ in all 
Fxobabilitj he had caiticd it« 



^€it, and fat fees. \ "V^ 



Sat. VII. JUVENAL. loi 

The fime Compkints moft other Plants makci 

Held real CauCes, and the feign'd fbriake: 

V l/uitdi Pdfiia, j0fim*$ Perjury, 

And »^ fhihmtUs Rape, are all laid hjh 

Th' accufiog '7 Siipdami and the Son accus'd: 

Bat if my friendly Couoiel might be us'd« 

Let not the Leara'd this Cour£^ or t'other, Xsfp 

Buti leaving both, profefs j^ia Poverty* 

And (hew his ^^ Tally for the Dole of Bread, 

With which the Parifh Poor are daily fed: 

£7'n that exceedt the Price of ill thy Pains. 
Now look into the Mufick-Mailer*s Gains, 

\Kliere noUe Youth at vaft Expence is taught; 

2at Eloquence not valu'd at a Groat. 

Qs fumptuous Baths the Ridi their Wealth beflow« 

Oi fbme expenfive airy Portico; 

Where iafe from Showers they may be bom in State; 

And free from Tempeft^ for fair Weather wait ; 

Or rather not espe^ the cleariqg Sun, 

Thro^ Thick and Thin their Equipage moll rim: _ . 

Or (hying, 'tis not for the Servants fake. 

But that their Mules no Prejudice may take. 

At the Walk's End. behold, how raised on high, 

A Banquet-hqyicfalatet the ibuthern Sky; 



25 A notable Sorcexeft, 
paughtex of u£ttes King of 
Cplchas^ and Wife to Jaftn, 
who left hei afteiwaids, and 
married another. 

26 Daughter ofPdndion Ring 
of ^thtnsy was tavifh'd by Tt- 
reus King of Thrsct, who cut 
out hex Tongue that (he might 
not difbibfe the Secret. 

zf PhddrM Wife of Thefeus, 
Mho hll in Love with hex 



SoQ-in-Law Hifp§litms, andbe- 
caufc ihe could not obtain hex 
Ends of him, accus*d him to 
his Father that he would have 
forced her. 

2 a In any Dole, made by 
the Empetox, ox one of the 
City Magiftrates, the pooiCi* 
tizent had each a Tally gives 
them i which they (hewed 
fiift, and then leceired their 
Fropoitloa. 



F 3 Wheuw' 



ioi JV VENAL. Sat, Vlt 

Wkere, from afir, the Wmtcr-Siin di^ltji 
'The milder Influence of hit weaken'd Rajt. 

The Cook, and Sewer, each his Talent trieii. 
In yarious Figures Scenes of Diihes rife: 
Befides, a Mafter-G)ok, with greafie Fift» 
Dives in luxurious Sauces to the Wrift. 

Amidft this waftefiil Riot, there accruer 
But poor ten Shillings for ^ QwalilMi Doei;. 
For, to hreed'op the Son to common Senibf 
Is efcrmore the Parents kaft Expence. 
fhmi whence then comes gmniilM% nft Bfiatef 
Beauie he was the darling Son of Fate) 
And Luck, m fcom of Merit, made him great 
Urge not th'£zample of one (mgle M^n,^ 
As rare as a white Grow, or (able Swan. 
^m:ilim's Fate was to be counted Wife, 
Rich,: NoUe, Fair, and in the State to rife: 
Good Fortune grac'd hk Adion, and his Toognei 
His Colds became him, and when hoarfe he Hin|^ 
O, there's flrange di£ference, what Plsnets fhed' 
Their Influence on the new-bom Infant's Head*. 
'Tis Fate that flings the Dicej and as (he flinga* 
Of Kings makes Pedants, and of Pedants Kings* 
Wbt made 3° Vmtidim rife, and '' JkOm great. 
But their kind Stars, and hidden Pow'r of Fate? 

Few Pedagogues but curfe the barren Chair ; 
Like 3^ Bim who hang'd himlelf for meer Defpair 



ap Slmntiiidfi, a Famoos 
Xan both in I|Jietocick and 
Ocatoxj, who taught School 
in the Times oi Culht, X>«- 
mttUn, tad TrdjMtif and ze- 
cvif'd his Salary out of the 
Zmperoi's Txcafury. 

ye Vttaidim Bdjjt$s was a 
Lieutenant co Mart ^nfny i 



and the fixft who beat the fir* 
thUns in thice Battels. 

II Here is meant TwXki. 
Strvilimsp one of the %frmm 
Kings. 

}2 Thfdfym^dmtt A, EhCIOr 

lician of Ctrthdgtf who haac- 
ed himfclf by xeafoa of bb 
Porextjr. 

AbI 



ad P^vcrtjs )3 9rHm, whom Oimm 6nt 
ir liberty of Speech to Biniiflunent 
fn SKTMtis in Rags at Atkemzmghtt 
ad wanted to 34 defray tHe deadly Dnittlir; ' 
I Peace, ye Shades of our Great Grandares reft* 
(o hctTy Earth your iacred Bones mokft: 
temal Spring, and rifing FlowVs adorn 
lie RjelicKs of each venerabieUm, 
7ba'piotts Reverence to their Tutors paid, 
s P^Bients iJMour'd, and as Gods obey*d. 
UhiUis'v^ grown in Stature, fear'd tha Rod, 
md ftood corred l ed at the CentMur^* Nodi 
fis tender Years in Learning did employ, 
^ promis'd all the Hero in the Boy. 
The Scene's much alter'd in the Modem SchooU 
rhe Boys of Kufus call their Matter Fools 
i jaft 3^ Revenge on hinii who durft defvne 
rhe Merit of immortal 2l«/^s Name. 

Bat iikk what Pntit 37 M/bMn's Mna have 
)r who bn paid the Price of what he Leam'di 
I10' Grammar Profits \e& than Rhetorick aret 
^et tf'n m thoie his Uiher daimi a Shares 
efidea, the Servants Wages muft be paid: 
'has of a IktW ftil a lefi is made: 



SI Secmtutut Cdrinnsi who 
■S bay ih*<r from J^mf^ by 
le Emperac OdiguU, foi de- 
iaimiaf -agtiaft Tyrants. 
S^ Wtnt Strtut was con- 
snin*4 to die by Polfon, he 
anted Money to pay for the 
rice of Hemlock which' be 
M to dxioh s ' and de(ix*d one 
f his Friends to \w§ it down 
bt Urn, and fatisfie the Fees 



of the Executioner. 

95 The Son of t ileus and 
Thttit^ who had Chkwu the 
Cn*^ur for bis Tutor. 

56 A"l/<^ oaird T11//7 an 
Allobiogc s as if his Latine 
weie baibaroos and not truly 
Koman. 

57 A poorGrainmatisn»bQt 
of great Efteem. 



As 



I04 JVP^NAl. Sat. Vll 

As Merchants Gaini com« ihort of Uf tlie Mirt» 
For he who drives their Bargaim, driba a Part. 
The covetous Father now indudcs the Nig|bt» 
And Cov'nanta, thou (hak teach by Caodle-lighti 
>Vhen puffing Smiths, apd evVy paiqfiiliTfade 
Of HandycrafiSv in pcacclvl Beds are laid: 
Then thou art bound to fmell on either Hand 
As many (linking Lamps, as ScboolrBoyi ftandf 
\Vhere Horace could not read in his own fully'd Book: ] 
And 3^ Vtrgih facred Page is all beiinear'J with Smoke. [ 
But when thou dup'ik their Parents, (eUom they 7 I 

Without a Suit before the 39 7V/Afffa#, pty. 

And yet hard Lawi upon the Mafte^ ky. 

Be fure he knows exai6Uy GrammwRuleft 

And all the beft Hiftorians read in Schools^ 

AH Authors, ev'ry Poet to an hairs 

That, ask'd the Que(tion» he may fcarcc deipatr> 

To tell who nurd 4o jlaMfisi or to name 

Anchemobtisi^ Stsfmothir^ and whenci Qm camel 

How long 4» 2fr^f/ liv'd, what Scofqi of WiM 

He gave to the departing Ih^ Line, 

Bid him befides his daily Pains employ. 

To form the tender Manners of the B(^ \ 

And work him, like a waxen Babe, with Artj 

To pcrfed Symmetry in ev'ry Part: 



%% Virgil, SurnamM Mdro $ 
the Favotuite Voet of ^h^U' 

Jius C^tfAY, ' 

19 Tfibunty Here is meant 
Trihunus t/^rarius^ who took 
Cogniaanee only of CauTes 
of lefs Moment, not tkc Tr»- 
hunits PUbiti as Btittmnitus 
imagiuM. 
40 ^nchifa was Father of 



I %M£nu^t the Tnjditf who w» 
the Founder of 7^m#'. 

41 KAncbttiflm^ the Sosof 
K^dtus^ t King in /r^/, x*- 
vilh'd his Stepmotfaes Ctf* 

41 A Xing ci Sktlyi whs 
kindly cmertaia'd t/£tmt ia 
his Voyage. 



To 



IT. VH. JV F E N J L. 

be bit heaa Pimt. ts beware 

I joui^ OUbeoitiei bu Strength impair, 

t mutual Fihh; to mark \n Hands uid EfM,' 

Sorted with nniutml EcAa6et: 

i) be th/ Talk; and ^et for a]l chy PaiiH> 

tbe Year's End expeft no greater Gaini, 

ua what 4i ■ Fencer, at a Prize, obtaiiK. 

41 Tbe People »eie ut'd at tbcir inoid-plavti 1 



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yvnua. 



CioiJ 



I 




^ U r E N A I 

* 

T H k 

EIGHTH SATYR. 



By Mr. G. STEP NT q£ Trimty-CoWti 



The ARGUMENT- 

b this Satyr^ the Poet troves that Nobility does 
(onfift in Statues oMd Pedigrees^ butiu ttomomn 
Msd Good Aaions : He Ufies Rubdlius Plane 
for being Itifoleut^ by remfou of bis High Bin 
attd lays down an bs fiance tbat xve onm to m 
tbe lite Judgment of Men^ as we do of Hor 
wbo are val^d ratber according to tbeir Perjo 
Qualities y than by tbe Race of whence they cox 
tie advifes bis Noble Friend? omkm (to whom 
Dedicates the Satyr) to lead a virtuous Life,, i 
fwading him from Debauchery^ Luxury y. Of pi 

- ftfin^i Croteity, and othcK fVcej, bybisfeveraC 

fures on Latcuaps^, Damafippuf , Gracchus, I 



5A ♦. VIII. Juri^N A L, ro7: 

ro, Catiline; smd im opp^fithn t9 tbefcy dtfpUws 
the If^artb of Perfims memUy Bont^ fncb ss Ct- 
cerOy Marius, Scnrios TuUiu^ and the Decii 



7Sr TrsMfflator rf this Ssfyr mdmflrhufy 

impqfimg ufom the ReiuUr^ Mfd perpfeximg the 
Primtep vnth tediotts Commom-pUce Ndtes ; hmt 
fimding towards the latter End masy Exmnpies ef 
NebUmen who Mfgrse^d their Anceftors by vtctous 
Pra^iceSj and ef Mem meMsfy borm, who ennobled 
their Families ^ virtnoms and brave ASions^ be 
thomgbt feme Hiflorical Relations were neeeffary 
towards rendring thofe hftanees more Intelligible; 
which it <all he presends toby his Remarks. He 
wot^d gladly have Irfi ont the heavy Pajjfageofthi 
Mirmiilo inr^Retiarius^ which ie honejtly con-^ 
feffes he either does not rightly nnderjiandj or cam* 
not fitfficiemtly explaim. If he has mot confined 
himfeff to4beftria Rnles rf Tranjlatiomy but has 
freqmently takem the Liberty of Imitating^, Para- 
phrrfimg^ or Recomcilimg tie Roman Cnftoms to 
omr mo^erm Ujage; he hopes this Freedom iiper^ 
donable^ Jlmcebe has mot ns^d it^ butwbembefomnd 
the Original ftat J obfcsurey or defeSivci and where- 
the Hmmomr amd Commexiom rf the Atuhor might 
matttrally allow rf fmch a Change, 

W^HaA the Advantage, or the real Good, 
lo tndogiiroiii the Sooroe our tncieiit Blood ^ 
To hive our Aaoeftors io Piiat or Stone, 
Pfefir?'d at Reficks, or, like Moaftei^g, (hewn i 
The Bfive ^mmK as In Trhunph^pbc'd, 
Hie Virtooas Orn, half hj time de^'d ; 
Cenmntt with a mouU'ring Noie, that bean 
iQJwioQS Stan, the iad^ fificAi of Yean ; 
iod QnUm grinning without Noie or ^ln ? 

Vahi 



ro8 J U F E N A L.S a t. WUl 

Vain are their Hopes, who htkcj to \n\ktt\t 
Bj Tfccs of Pedigrees, or Fame, or Merit i 
tho' plodding Heralds thro' each Branch voMf trace 
Old Captains and Didhtors of their Race» 
^#hile their III Lives that Family betji 
And grieve the Brafs which (lands difhonour'd b)r. 

'Tis meer Burlesque, that to our Gen'rali Praifi^ 
Tbeh* Progeny immortal Statues raife, 
Yet (hr Irom that old Galkntry) delight 
To game before their Images all Night* 
And ftea] to Bed at the approach of Day, 
The Hour when theft their Enfigns did dif^li)^ 

Why fhou'd foft ' FuSms impudently hetr 
Names gain'd by Conquers in the Om16^ War ! 
Why bys he claim to hercults his Straiih 
Yet dares be Bafe, Effemtncte and Vain ? 
The glorious Altar to that Hero built, 
Adds but a greater Ludre to his Gniki 
Whofe tender Limbs, and poHfh'd SkiO) di%raeB 
The grifly Beauty of his Manly Race; 
And who by praflifing the difmal Skill 
Of pois*ning, and fuch treachVous ways to klH* 
Make his unhappy Kindred- Marble fweat, 
When his degrn'rate Head by theirs is fet. 

Long Galleries of Anceftors, and all 
The Follies which iH- grace a Country-* Hilly 

T The Family of the TaIH \ Ftdnct (formerlylciiown by the 



were defcendcd of Here/ties (in 
Honoui of whom the 7($m49s 
built a Temple iu the Ftr^ 
B§ari9,) Fdhms MAximus in re- 
membrance of his Services in 
tJu Wars, againft the Veople 
of Pnvencef Ijuiguedoc, Dmw 

fUajt aii4 othci Ftoviflces of 



Name of xAlMfftt) was Sar- 
aam*d %AU9kfgictu \ which Ti* 
tie his Son wou*d have aflfih' 
med, whom our Anchot hen 
Cenfiires, as a Man of an Ef- 
feminate Perfon, a profligate 
Life, and of Dangeroas Via* 
ftices« 



% ChflDesft 



ni. yvFENJL. i«> 

> Wonder or Efleem fhmi ine \ 

oe ts troc NoMty. 
»>€ well : To Men and Gods appear, 
\ ^ Tamlmt Cfffm, Drmfus, Vftrci 
Conitilar triuniphal Show, 
fore rfay Father's Statues gos 
fore the s Bfifigin rf tht Stme, 
rather to be Good than Great. 
le World that yoo're devoot and truib 
i you ikft and aM yon do $ 
5 your Birth, you're fore to be 
3e Firft Magnitude to me : 
lur £1^ (hall pu(h her Conqoefts on. 
New Titks home firom Natioas won, 
Co Eminent a Son. 

bleft Name (hall ev'ry Region (bund, 
d ^ftt when her Priefts have found 
(yrisi for the Ox they droWn'd. 
i wUl call thofe NoSli, who deface» 
A^, the Glories of their Races 
' Title to our Father's Fame 
in the dead Letters of their Name? 
{ well may for a Giant pafs i 
r a Swans a Crook-bad^'d Laft 



and virmmii Tf 

:}ds and Ax» which 
1 in Pxoceffions, as 
the Confular Dig- 

IS GetulicMS, %Afri- 
mttinusi Cretkm. 
» fox teaching tba 
Husbandly, had a 
Otlt at Memfhis s 

aiwQsihipMio tiic 



Shape of an Ox, which the 
Ptidls ufed to diown at a ceft- 
tain Age I andgareont, their 
God waa withdrawn, and ab« 
rented himfelf foi a few Days f 
dudng which time *twas theix 
Cufbom to go Mourning and 
feaichingop and down till they 
fbvfid aftOtket Ox to fiipplj^ 
his place, and then they broke 
out with thefe £xclamatioiis. 

Be 



i 



11© JUFENjtL. Sat. 

Be caird EuropM'f tnd a Cur may bear 
The Name of Tyger, LiOo» or wbatc'cr 
Denotes the NoU^ or the Pierced (kaft: 
Be therefore careful, left the World in jeft 
Shou'd thte juft io with the Mock-titlei gree^^ 
OF Camtr'mus, or of Conquer*d Otte^ 

To whom is this Mvia gnd Ctnfun -dui I 
Ru^ellius fUncHs, 'ti> apply 'd to yxxJi 
Who think }(pur Perfon iecood to Divine, 
Becaufe defcended from the Drufitin Line^ 
Tho' yet you no Dluftrious A£b have dooet « 
To make the World diftinguiHl J^m/m'i Soo 
Fforo the vile OApring of a Trull who fits 
By the Town- Wall and from her Living kotti. 
Xm tin poor R^ues ("you cry) the Ssftr Scum 
Jtnd inewfidtrahU Drtgs f^Rome i 
f0i9 know not from what Corntt of tho t^rtk 
Tho obfcmo Wrotch^ who got yout flolohis Birtk: 
liino^ I derivofrom Cecropt ^ —— May your Gdce 
Live, and enjoy the Splendor of your Race—. 
Yet of thefe baft Plebeians we have known 
Some, who, by charming Eloquence, have growo 
Great Senators, and Honours to that Gown: 
f )me at the Bar with Subtilty defend 
The Caufe of an unlearned Noble Friend ( 
Of on the Bench the knotty Laws untye^ . 
Others their ftrooger Youth to Arms apply, 
Go«to Euphratos, or thoie Forces join* 
Which Garrifon the Cbnqueds near the Uhhoa 
While you* RHbtlii/a, on your BinU rely i 
Tho' you refimble your Great Family 
No more, than tho6 rough Statues oo the Road 
(Which we <aJI Unmrio^ are like thai Cod ; . 

# The fiift X2pf Cif w*6mi. 



fkbtMdiho* exods in ifak tlone» 
a Lhms Smmif tbit of Sttnu 
SoQ-of Jty^ who cf er pnos'd a BcaC 
; of a Race abof e tBe reft, 
r meant his Courage, and his Force ? 
in Inibnce We commend a Horfe 

r^ard of Pafttkre or of Breed) 
ndinnted Metdeand his Speeds 
ins moft Plates with greateft eaie, and firft 
ith his Hooft hisConqueft on the Da& 
et Dr^Mi's Pirogenj at kft 
ded, und in frequent Matches caft; 
If for the SiMlim we retain, 
tfyc€t for the degen'rate Strains 
tUefi Bmte is from Niw-MMrkit brongSl^ 
n under-rate in Smitb/kU bought, 
a MiO, or dr^ a LoadedLife 
wo Pkoniers, and H Baker's Wife^.. 
fC'maj therefore you, not yours, admin; S. 
, fiMDe lElonoor of your own acquires 
lat Stock which juftly.we bcilow 

' Bb/IShMdts to whom you all things owt^ 
nay niiffice the HsMghtf Xuab to {hame, 
veUiog Vcfais (If we may credit Fame}^ 
Kxft with the Vanity and Pride, 
ir Rich Blood to N»9*% is aHy'd: 
Hour's likely s for *• We ieldom find 
Senfe with an Eltaked Fortune join*d: 
^mukm^ I wott'd.not you fliou'd raift. 
edit by Hereditary Piraile4 

nm K&t Immortalize your Name;. 
oor sdymg on another's Famc^ 

It taken iheXiherty|of oat Anthonk 

bis Simile a Modem f a (MeaiuBf yovrAnccAns) 

nife it kapppisi tq ^'f'n^ilim Ilutm^ 
Uy witk tli&.HttmanL> 



nt y U F E N J L. jSat. VII 

For, take the Pillars but away, and all 
The Superflru£ture muft A Rums fallj 
As a Vine droops, when by Divorce removed 
from the Cmbratts of the film (helov'd. 

Be a good Soldier, or opright Truflee. 
An Arbritrator from Corruption free. 
And i( a Witnefi in a doubtful Caufe, 
AVhere a brib'd Judge means to elude the Laws; 
Tho' 9 PhMlaris his Brazen Bull were there. 
And hi wou*d dictate what he*d have you iwear. 
Be not fo Profligate, but rather chufe 
To guard your Honour, and your Life to to<e» 
lUther than let your Virtue be betray'dj 
Virtue, the Nobleft Caufe for which you're inade. 

** f Improperly we meafure Life by Breath i 
•* Such do not truly Live who merit Death} . 
Tho' they their Wanton Senfes nicely pleaie 
With all the Charms of Luxury and £ale « 
Tho' mingled FIow^'s adorn their carelefi Brow» 
And round 'em coftly Sweets negle&ed flow:. 
As if they in their Funeral State were laid. 
And to the World, as they*re to Virtue, Dead, 

When'<>3!>M the Province you exped, obtaiot 
From Pa(rion and from AvMrki refrain i 
Let our Aflbciates Poverty provoke 
Thy generous Heart not to cnaeale their Yokc» 



9 PhdUris was a Tyrant of 
\AgrigtHtiim in Sicflj i to flat- 
ter whofe Ctuelty, Pirillus in- 
vented a Brazen Bull, where- 
in People might be Roafted 
alive, and theii Cries vere 
not unlike the bellowings of 
an Ox : But the Tyrant had 
the Juftice to xewaidthe Ax-lelofc abdobfente. 
tizan ai he d^Tfiv'd, b)r ma* ** S0 (speiAili; td fmk 



king him £xft tiy lU 
periment. 

t This and the reren 
lowing Veifes are a fo: 
Farapbf a(e npon two Liii 
the Original, whiek I wn 
ced to enlarge, bectnfi 
Senft of the \Mifti ii 



VIII. jnrENjtU MJ 

ches ctnnot rdcue from the Grave» 
bums alike the Monarch and the Slave, 
hat the Laws eojoio, SubmiflioQ pay \ 
It the Senate (hall Coounand, Obcy^ 
'hat Rewards upon the Good attend, 
^ thofe £dl unpitied. who oftnd; 
\ Cafiu ouiy Warnings be, 
: the Thunder of the Sutes Decree^ 
ng the CilidMUs, tko' they . 
er Pikes) only £ibii(k on Prey. 
: avail^ the Rigour of their I>oom I 
innot future Violence o'carconAe» 
the Miferable Profince £a(et 
at one Pkirid'rcr left, the next will leixe. 
>iij > I then» in time your (ielfbethinkt , 
c your Rags will yield by Audion, fink i 
: your felf to Charges to complaui 
gs which heretofore you did fiiftain* 
t « Voyage to deted the Theh : 
to l4af Uh what their Rapine left 
Mtmi at firft our rich Allies fubdoV^ 
itle Taxes Noble Spoils acau'dj 
Jthy Province but in part Oppreft, 
the Lois trivial, and enjoyM the r^ 
nries did then with Heaps abound^ 
Vardrobe coftly Silks were found & 
Apartment of the meaneft Houfis 
the wealthy Pride of Art produces 
vhich firom ^^ParrhafiHs did receive 
td Warmth ; and Statues uught to live i 
*^fyclef$\ fome hfyr^'s Woik dedar'd, 
^PhiJut's Mafterpiece appear'd ; 
dbg Plate did on the Cupboard (land, 
by curious '^ Mentor's artful hand. 

pdM liUft who is I u Famous PtfiMtfnf Siaftta- 

I iifi» aa4 oik«t Af^aai. 

Prices 



ff4 yXTVEN Ah. Sat. yi 

Prizes like theie Oppreflbrs might anritc^ 

TheCe >} DolMldt Rtpine did eicite. 

Thcic n Antlmj for bis own Theft thoaght fits 

>)K<fTi/ for th^ did Sacril^ oommtt \ 

And when thdr Refgns were ended, Sfaipi fbH finD|^ 

The hidden Fruits of dieir Endkn faroiKh^ 

Which made in Pdice % tVetfore richer nr. 

Thin what is Plunder*d in the Rage of War. 

ThiswuofOidi but onr ConfodVaMs now- 
Hafe nothing 1^ bat Oxen for the Ptoogh,. 
Or (bme few Mares refaVd alone for Bmdi 
Yet kft titis provident Defign (iiccced. 
They drive the Father of t£ Herd awaj* 
Making bdtit StMm^'wA his Paftuft. I^. 
Their Rapine is (bab^'and propbsn^ 

They nor fhmi Trifles, nor -from Gods retrain t 

But the poor iJBru from the Niches tau\ 

n they be little Images that pkafe. 

Such are the Spoils which now provoke their llcfi 

And are the grcateft. Nay theyVe all that's left. 

Thus nuy Hyou w Omt^t/ or weak XMb oppA 
Who dare not bravdy what they fed rcdreG : 
^For how can Fops thy Tyranny controulp 
<* Smooth Limbs are Symptoms of a (ervfle 8oa1) 
But Trefpafs not too far on (lurdy Sfimt 
Sddvomsj Frmt»€\ thy Gripes from thtfi relbaint 
Who wirh thdr '^Sweat B^me^t Luxury maioninb ■ 
And iend us Pl6ity. while oar wanton Uvf 
Is lavifli'd at tlie C/r#M/, or the Flay. 
For, fhou'J^oo to Extortion be indin'd. 
Tour Onid Goiit wtH little Booty find^ 

Tf PfoconGils of oiJU aad rlUccs were ITilhnhiMi 
Sidfy, ^fy to be eBllav*d. 

X4.Retiminf to P#»//aM. I itf. The Veofle of m 
II T^ lahabicancsof thefe-Virho riifrly*4 i;gm wkh 



Vm. yUFEN J L. Jif 

iniiig '7 hUrim has theadj ieii'd 
rom^Son-bonit dfridi cm be iqoea'd. 
ove all» *< Be. caiVfol to wkh-hoSd 
rdlofu from the Wrcatchedaodthe Boldi 
t'not the Bra?e and Needy to De^ir}. 
x^ ypor Violence fliou'd leave Vm bare 
M and Silver, Swordiand Oarttremaia» 
lU revenge tlw Wrongs which th^ iiiftaia i 
londred Ml have Arms>. 

not the Precept I have here kid down 
mcer^ Notikm of my own i. 
I Sibyili Leaf what I relate^ 
id fure» u the Decrees of Fate, 
ne bbt Men of Honour ypu attend ;■ 
m that has moft Virtue for your Frsen^i 

no way to any Darling Youth- 
DOT Favour^ and pervert the Troth, 
your Wife from ftroUng op and dowa^ 
ffizest and through evVy Town, 
iws ISkt Ibrpfes, eager for the Prey } 
ch your Juftioe, and your Fame.wiU pay«^ 
3C^ free from Scandals fiich as thefe^ 
ce your Birth from ^^fkus^ if you pkafi: 
o Modem> and your Pride aQnre 
the Author of your Being higher, 
ly TfrM who tbie Gods withftood. 
le Founder of your antient Blood, 
Mf, and tfsat Race befbre the Flood, 
ther Story you can find. 
nraldSi or in Poets, to your Mindi. 
ou'd you prove Ambitious, Luftful, Vm\ 
\ you fee with Plesiiire and DifBain, 
ike on our Afibciates bleeding Backs, 
da-men kblnng dlT they Uunt their Ax:. 

fht fHfmu fS The icft King of the Uiimsl 




How dire '9yaM then your high EitrafHoa pM? 
Yet blufti not when you go to forge a Deed. 
In the fame Tfcmpk which your Gnodfire boilci 
Making his Statue privy to the Guilt. 
Or in a Bawdy Mafquerade are fed 
Muffled by Night to (bme poHuted Bed, 

Fat iMtTMHs does hh Revek keep . I 

Whert his Fore-&thers peaceful Aihes floepi ^ 

driving himielf a Chariot down the Hil?, j 

And (cho* a Coqfui; Hoks himielf the Wheel'. 
To do him Juftide, 'tis indeed by N(ht, 
Yet the Moon fees, and ev'ry finaUer Light 
Pries as a Witnefs of the fliameful fight: 
Nay when his Year of Honour's ended, fiion 
He'll leave that Nicetyi . and mount at Noon » 
Nor blufb fliou'd he »)me Grave Acquaintance meeti* 
But, ('proud of being known^ will jerk and Oieet; 
And when his FeDow-Beafts are weary grown» 
Hell pby the Groom, give Oat^ lod rub *cm dowiW 
If after ^^Nnm^s Ceremonial way 
He at Jove'i Altar wou'd a Vi6lim flay. 
To no clean Godde/s he direds his Pray'rs* 
Bat by ^< HlffoM mod devoutly Swears. 



19 The Poet In this place 
(peaks neichei to T^uMims not 
Penticus^ but in general to any 
peijui'd Of 4ebaach'd Noble- 
man. 

20 Numti Ptm^Uim (the (e- 
<ond Kingof Aom«) the better 
to civilize the Savage Humoui 



of the People, fiift iatrodoa 
among them the Fear m 
Worlhtp of the Gods, andii 
ftituted the Kites and M 
monies of Pcieftsi Oalhli ii 
Sacfifices. 

21 Hifptrn^ was iha GoMl 
of Tockies and Hoxics. 



T. VIII. JUVENAL. 117 

(bme nnk Ddtjr, whofe fikiiy Face 

fuicably o'er ftinking Srablet place. 

/hen he has rua his length, and does begia 

fteer his courfe dire^Ij for the Inn, 

lere they have wacch'd, expeding him all NigbtJ 

reafie SfTwn^ ere he can alight* 

(cats him Eflence, while his courteous Hoft 

ell knowing nothing by good Breeding's loft) 

yk evVy Seoteoce with fboie fawning Word, 

:h as Mf Km^j Mjf Prmtt^ at lead Mjf Ltrih 

i a tight Maid, ere he for Wine can ask, 

lefles his Meaning, and unoils the Flask. 

Some (Friends to Vice} induftrioufly defend 

lefe innocent Diverfions, and pretend 

lat I the Tricks of Youth too roughly blame* 

^gi^g that, when young, we did the (ame. 

rrant we ^d i yet when that Age was pad, 

M firolick Humoor did no longer bUl^ 

e did not chcrifli and indulge the Qime: 

^hat's foul in adding, (hou*d be left in time. 

'is true* fome faults, of courfe* with Childhood end, 

^e therefore wink at Wags when they o&nd, 

ad {pare the Boy, in hopes the Man may mend. 

But LaterMuu (bow his vigorous Age 
lou'd prompt him for his Country to engage, 
he Circuit df our,£(npire to extend, 
nd all ourDVes, in C^Sir'a, to defend) 
lature in Riots; places his Delight 
11 day in plying Bumpers* and at night 
Leela to the Bawds, over whofe Doors are {ct 
*iftnres and Bills, with Htn an ffiores t9 /«r. 
ihou'd any defperate uoexpefled Fate, 
Summon all Heads and Hands to guard the Stat^ 
Ca/Sv* fold quickly to fecure the ^'Porti 
Btir w&#rf V tht GiBnsU Pf^i dMs hi nfm f 

II ojti^f the Month of the Kivec Tjbtr^ 



ii« JUF£ N AL. Sat. VID 

Send to the Suder'f^ there yoa are (ore to find 
The Bulljr match'd "with Raftab of Ui kind. 
Quacks. Cbffin-maken; Fo^tivef and Saibrii 
Rooks, Cclkiinoa^^Soldiant Haogmeiif Thieves and TA 
With Ckj9l§*% Pirieftf , who, wearj'd with ^twxSEaak 
Drink there, and fleep with Knaves of ^Si'VnkdBkmt 
A Friendlj Gang! etch equal to the hefts 
And all, yAio can, have liberty to jeft: 
One Fhggte walks the round, (chat none Ihooli did 
They either danger or ftint ham of his Dridk) 
And left Exceptions may for Place be 'JRiaadt 
Their Stools are all alike, their TaUe round. 

What think yoa, fmikm^ yoor felf wif^ dob 
Shou'd any Slave, £;i lewd, bdong to ypa? 
No doubt, yoo*d lend the Rogue in Fetters boond 
To worbm BridnnH or to Pkngh your tSnond:- 
Bot, NMs^ 70a who trace your Birm bom TYaf^ 
TMnk, yon the gretf ft crog a tive enjoy 
Of doing 111, by vertue of thst Racei 
As if what we efteem m C6Uers bale, 
Wou'd the high Family of Bnaus grace. 

Shameful are thcfe Examples, jet we find 
(To Ronu^i DilgraceJ far work tham thefe bcfauidi 
Poor DunrnfiftHSt whom we once have known 
Flntt'ring with Coach and fix about the Towi^ 
Is fbrc'd to make the Stage his hft Retreat, 
And Pawns his Voice, the All he has, for Meat; 
For now be muft «(fince his Eftate is loft) 
Or repreient, or be himfelf, a Ghoft: 
And LmtidHs ABs Hmagmg with fiich Art» 
Were I a Jiidge, he ihoo'd not Tifgn the Part. 
Nor wou'dl their vile Iniblence acquit. 
Who can with Patience, my Diverfion, fit, 
Applaudiflg my Lord's Baftbonry for Wit. 
>od dappine Farces aded by the Court, 
while the FcersX^tf, to imikc the Rabbk ^port: 



tT. VIII. 'JUVENAL i\9 

flirclings, at a Prize, their Fortunes try; 
rain to tall unpity'd if they Dye; 
e none can ha^e the favourable Thought 
It CO Obey a Tyrant's Will they Fought, 

that their Lives they willingly exp^ 
ighc by the Pnetori to adorn their Shows* 
Tec fiiy the Stsg|e and Lifts were both in iightt 
\ you muft either chuie to AA, or Fighti 
ith never dure bears inch a ghaftly Shape* 
at a rank Coward ba(ely wou'd eicape 

playinga foul Harlot's jealous Tool, 

a fcign'd AUrim to a real Fool. 
1 a Peer Ador is no Monftrous thing, 
nee R0m§ has own*d a 'I FidUr for a tJngz 
iter (iid^P^anks, the World it felf at beft 
«y be Imagin'd nothing but a Jeft. 

Go '4to the Lifts where Feats of Arms are fliQWn* 
here youH find Grscchiu, (horn PatriciaOi^ grown 

Fencer and the Scandal of the Town. 



as Meaung N*r§, wl^m he 
Bttfttics ieveccly in the Pages 
>Uowiiig, Fii. li. 
a4 This Period is perplext, 
nd I lear will not be under- 
tood in -our Language, being 
»iily a Deiciiption o£ the ir«« 
■M Gladiatoxs, who were of 
wo lbiis» and had difierent 
Names according to the Arms 
md Habit they appeax'd with{ 
one fonghc with aCymirex in 
kis fight Haad, a Target on 
bis left Arm, and an Helmet 
aa his Head } he was caird 
MirmiU»y OX Stcttur, The o- 
iherwore a (hozt.Coac without 
Sleeves, call*d Tm»V«s a Hat 
.OR his Headi heciiiti^ la his 



light Hand a Javelin fotkM 
like a Trident^ caird -Ftiftindi 
and on his left Arm a ATrr, In 
which he endeayoui'*dto cat^ 
hisAdfeifary^ and'fcomihenee 
was caird %itUrimJThc mean- 
ing of the Poet IS, to reprehend 
Gr^cfi&iii (whora<he1iad before 
rebuked in Ihe fccond Satyr) 
for three Vices at once : For 
his Bafenefs, fbrafmuch as be- 
ing a Nobleman he will eon- 
I defcend to fight upon rhe pub- 
lick Theatre: For hit Impo- 
dcnce, in not chafing an Habit 
which might have kept him 
difjgui&*d, and hindred hiln 
from being known : And for 
I hxs'COwaidife ia manlng away. 



120 JVVENAL. Sat. Vni; 

Nor will he the MrmtMt Weaponi bear« 

The Moiifi Helmif he DifBaiin to wear) 

As Kttitirim he Attacks his Foe: 

Firft waves his T>idint ready for the throw, . 

Next calls his Nit, but neither levell'd rigbfi 

He (tares aboDt expos'd to pubKck Hght^ 

Then places all his Safety in his Flight. 

Room for the Noble Gladiator! See 

His Coat and Hatlnnd (hew bis Qoality} 

Thus when at laft the brave MirmilU knew 

Twas Gracchns was the Wretch he did purfixb 

To Conquer fuch a Coward griev'd him more* 

Than if he many Glorious Wounds had bore. 

Had ^f v/c the freedom to exprefs our Mindt 
There's not a Wretch fb much to Vice indin'dl 
But will pwn ^^ Seneca did far excel] 
His Ttifil, by whole Tyranny he fell : 






25 For the clearer under- 
ftanding of what foUowi, it 
maybe necelTarytogive afhort 
Abiidgmcnt of Nero^s Cruel- 
tiei, Follies and Eud : Which 
may be found at large in hit 
Life* written by Suetonius and 
Tacitus, and in the Cdntinua- 
tion which Mr. Saville has ad- 
ded to his Tranflation of the 
Jafl of thefc Authors, by way 
of Supplement to w hat is want- 
ing betwixt the Annali and the 
Hiilory. But I ihall only re- 
late what I find mentioned in 
this Satyr, and fhall begin with 
his Parricides. 

26 Upon Sufpicion that Si' 
»ec4 his Tutor had fome' 



Knowledge of the Confpiiicf 
which Pift was canyiof oa 
againft his Feifos* ifeh 
laid hold on this Opportiisiiy 
to rid himfelf of the uMafy 
Ccnfurer of his Vieet, yec si- 
Jow*d him the Liberty of chf- 
Hng the Manner of his Deadi. 
SiHecd^zM appiehenfive of fate, 
and therefore defic'd to have 
his Veins open*d, which l< 
judg'd might be themoftesfr 
and pleafant Method of Dy- 
ing} but finding It too tedicNi* 
he prevail*d with his Vdod 
andPhyficisn, ^AnnsuiStMst 
to give him a Draughtof Fflf 
fon, which too operating vcif 
llowlyy by ceafoa Wi Vdai 



Sa^. VIII. JV FEN AL^ iti 

To expiate whole Complictttd Guilt. 

frith fome Proportion to the Blood he fpilt, 

Smm 27(hoa*d more Serpents, Apes, and Sacks provide 

rhan one, for the Compendious Parricide. 

ris true ^^ Or^ % like Crime did adi 

ret weigh the Ctufei there's difference in the Fa£l: 

reieexhaufted, And fail Limbs I help of EgjfihtMs, at hit firfb 
hill*d, the Standecf-bys to aeceptioo,aDdbeloie he could 
Dike quicker Difpaich, fmo- fufped (iKh an Accempc. The 
hci*d liiin vith the Scecm of maanei how they dilj^tch*d 
m hoc Bmrlu frnfiH^lnotuti- hinii is lepoited difieiently. 
Mf places this Marder of I Some Authors relate, that as 
SmMAamongNirrt'sl^arricides, Ihe was changing his Linnea, 
fiMoe a T«toc o«ght id be c- he was llifled in a shitt fow^d 
ftBean^d «8 a OtilVarent. together at the Neck. Bat a«- 
%j Tksf bcdd Thought and mtr in the 4th and i ith Books 
l«fnAoa4if TM'viM/iagroiui-- of hts odyffey, where he de* 
4edoi&the1^aMiiLaws,whefe- ifciibes this Murder, is of J»» 
\f PuAoidia were eo n dcm n' d I vmsfs Opinion, that he waf 
wbcfeir'dvp intBag (oallM IkiU'd at a Banquet, when he 
ftrffir-) wirii aCocky t Mon- 1 little ezpeftedruchTrcatment^ 
iti^, m9eipentandaDe«, andljBj^y^i&Mi after this Murdec 
Iksown -eogeikef into the Sea* I married dyumneftpa, end U- 
« SMiy Meil^Uboaiiiig River. I furp'd the Kingdom w Myang^ 
Tkia PaniAment of drowning 1 7 Teats : During which time 
ill ntaekja ft&I «i*dinfeTetal I Or#/ri grew up to Man'sEftate^ 
iMCaof 4 fmmy ^ bat without I and by the inftigarion of his 
*<rin C— paay of thofe Ores- 1 Sifter EUOtd^ and the Aflift- 
nics above mendonM. I ance of fome Neighbouring 

aB The Bioty of Orejtts (be- 1 Princes, march*d from ^thtnf^ 
and lf«rvp Jwvtnal I Deft toy* d and Mutthet'd the 
a Vafaliel) la this ; I Ufurper $ and at laft, undec 
dyt im u/h M finding I pretence of being Mad> fta^b'd 
Imi ll n s l a nd ^4gamimH$n was 1 his ' Mother. H»mtr (as well 
MMMri aSve from the Siege | as our Author) jufli6es this 
•if VIrvyi and'ieatiog he mij;ht 
Mm||s%a Afnonrs with £- 
iyJUmUf ^kh irhom Ae had 
livid m Adriteiy during her 
■«tead*iAbiaiee4ie ehonght 
fkt AM «ay mi^he toAf- 



Kevenge, a^ being undettaken 
by the Adrice of the Gods: 
And pAtnciUHs Infers « thqr 
anift neefii have approved tha 
AAion, iiace Orefes (after it) 

lived loflgt aadieV^tiV^v. 
*^smmn9n, h/ cbe]pil7, ^ )^>. 



ttt JUVENAL, Sat. VIII. - 

He ';flew his V.oiher v^ the Gods* Commaodt ' 

Thqr bid him (Irike, and did dired his Hand \ 

To punifh Faliehood, and appeafe the Ghoft 

Of his poor Tathtr treacheroufly loft, 

Juft in the Minute when the flowing Bowl 

With a full Tide inlarg'd his Cheaifbl SouL 

Yet kill'd he not his 3^5^^, or his 3 > Wifi^ 

Nor )' aim'd at any near Relation's Life : 

Oreftest in the Heat of all his Rage, 

Ne'er 13 Piay'd or Sung upon a Publick Stages 

Ncfff 



19 Ittr* eonM not fiiffer his 
Mochex ^irifftHMf becaufe of 
her cncioacfalag on his Go- 
▼eromaflt; fot which Reafoo 
hemadefiequent Attempts ap* 
on hex Life, but without Sue* 
cefs, till at laft ^nicttut his 
Bondman nndcRook to fiab 
hex ; which Ae perceiving, and 
guefling by whofe Oxders he 
came, clapt her Hand upon hex 
BeJly, and bid him (with gxeat 
Pxefence of Mind, ftxike thexe, 
luppoHng it de(exv'd chat Pn- 
aiihment for bearing fuch a 
J^onfter. 

10 He oxdcred hisfirfi Wife 
OSavia to be publickly execu- 
ted, upon a falfe Accufation 
of Adultexy, and kiird his fe- 
cond Wife P^fps^^ when ihe 
firas big with Child, by a kick 
on the Belly. 

1 1 Britannimt (his Brother 
by Adoption) was poifon*d by 
bis Oxden, out of jealoufy 
left he ihou*d fupplant him. 



tex) wtt aecaied imdcxpn- 
cence of a Conlpiracy, bat ia 
trnch becauie Ae lefiiftd to 
marxy Sin after the Death of 

la He caused %f^mm Crif' 
pinmtj Son to P^ppMs^ to be 
dxown*d as he was Fiihiogi 
and %Aulm PUuinu, a Rela- 
tion of his Mother's, to be 
kill'd, becauTe flie was fooad 
of him. 

I need mention no moreof 
thefe unnatnial Muidcrs» bol 
go on to his other EJurafar 
gandes. 

II He was Induftrioostobe 
efieem'd the bcft MuiiciaB d 
his Age I and at his Dcadi 
regretted nothing more fca- 
fibJy, than that th« WoiU 
ihou'd lofe fo great a Maftcb 
To maintain this Repiitatioa» 
he frequently eondcwcndi^ct 
Aft and Sing i^on the ThttfM 
among the ordinary Coma- 
diansy and took a Jooracy m 
(3rH(€ OA vmott tg tnr his 

ttOl 



SAT.Vm. JVFENAL. uj 

Never 94 on Verfe did his wild Thoughts emplojr. 

To paint the horrid Scene of burning TV^, 

Like NfTV, who to raife his Fancy highei-p 

And finiih the great Wotk> (et V<om% on Fire. 

Such M Crimea make Treafoo^juft, and night compel 

Vtrgmmsy Vmdex^ Galhi, to Rebel: 

Ikill againft themoft Famous! of that Countty) foon perTwa* 
▲xtifts of that Conatry^fiom; ded the Armies undeih is Com* 



whom he bore away the Gaf-| mand to fall from their Al* 
land (which was the ufual He-; legiancej and foUicited Sef 




aFrovince} and order'd both 
the Garland and Infirument to 



Empire inFavour of Mankind i 
which he at laft accepted* 



he hang up among the Banners upon intimation that Ar«r« had 
and Honours of his Family, j i^u*d out lecrec Orders todtf^ 

S4 He had likewife a great patch him i and march'd with 
Vaniry towards being thought all the Forces hccou*d gatheri 
a good Poet, and made Ver- . towards T^me, Nero not being 
fesoQ the Deftruftion of Tro;, in a Condition tooppofe fuch 
cali'd Tfi€d\ and 'tis repor | Troops, fell into Defpair, 
ted he burnt T^omtt to be more which turn*d to an Uncertainty 
liyely and natural in his De- 1 what Meafures to take, whether 
fietiption: Tho' 'tis more pro- toPoyfon himlclf, or begPar- 
bable he deftc6y*d the Old- don of the People, or endea- 
Faiiioii*d Buildings, out of vOur to make his Efcape. The 
diflike to the nartownefs and laft of thefe Methods /eem'd 
ctookednels of the Sereecs, moft ^dvifeablcj he therefore 
•■d to have the Honour of put himfelf into Di(guife, and 
ccbnilding the City better, crept wirh four Attendants only 
and calling it by his own Name, into a poor Cortxgci where 

If Thefe monftrousFrolicks perceiving he was purfued, as 
aad Cmelties cou*d not but a Sacrifibe to the PubJick Ven- 
aiake hia People weary of his geance, and appiehendiag rhc 
Govenuneiir.sKir|fiifNi T(^fusy Rabble wou'd Treat him Bar- 
«ho was his Lieutenant Gene- baroufly, if he fell into their 
Mi in Gdftl^ by the Aflift^nce^ Hands j with much ado he 
of JmM9 VfMdix (a NoUcman j refolvM (o Stab himfclf. 



114 J U r E N A L. Sat.VIR 

For what cou'd iiltroh idf have a^ed woriey 
To aggravate the wretched Nation's Curie? 

Thefe are the bleft Endowments, Studies* Arts^ 
Which exerciie our mighty Emperor's Parts: 
Such Frolicks with his Roving Genius fiut* 
On 33 Foreign Theatres to proftitute 
His Voice and Honour, for the poor Renown 
Of putting aH the Gretian A6^ors dowo. 
And winning at a Wake their Parflejp^Orown. 
Let 13 this Trhirophal Chaplet find fome PJace 
Among the other Tirophies of ^hy Race; 
By thee Domitih Statues (hall be laid* 
The Habit and the Mask in which you ^lay'd 
Antig<m9% or bold Tbyifiis* ('art* 
^Wbile your wild Nature little wanted Att^ 
And on the Marble PiUsr (ball be hung 
The Lute to which the R^/ Mmdrntm SoAg. 

Who, ^^CMtiHnf, can bosfl a nobler Line, 
Than thy lewd Friend Cethegus his, and thine? 
Yet you took Arms, and did by Night con(pi] 
'to fet our Houfes and our Gods on Fire: 
f Aa Enterpri(e which might indeed becoiBe 
Our Encmici, the Gisilf, not Sons ot 'Rffmtt 



4 
t 

I 

t 



■■>i 



S6 CstilhH*s Conrplxacy is 
a Scoiy too well known to be 
iudftedon: Hewas ofaNobie 
family, but by his Extrava- 
gancies had seduced himrclf to 
giieat Want, which engaged 
hlminbadPraftices. The 1^ 
^» Armies were then paduing 
Conqucfis in remote Pro vincct^ 
which Cati title judg'd the moik 
ieafonablc Oppoxtnniry ioimr 



dertaking foatt de(ptMC(1)»> 
figa: Hctherefoie^oMedliM 
a Confpiracy vltfa dt h tg rnf int^ 
pmimt and otfatr Scmton^ fldi 
Perfonl cpnfideirabit by Ml 
Births tmi Ctaiploy«jeBaa, m 
make thentiiclves •b(UiMeito- 
fteis of their GouDCfy,faf(iid4 
the Senate^ pl ui rfb i i u g Ibi 
TieafaryyaadbanuBgiiieCb^ 



Ti 



Sa r. vm. furEN 

To recompoaee vrbofe Itibaroui loteac 
P^fi&V 375S6ipti WQu'd be too mild a Puai(hment) 
But i' Tuifyt our wtic Conful, watch'd the Blow* 
Vkh Care difaMrcr'd, and di/arm'd the Foe: 
Jklfy, the humUe Muflwoom, (carcdy knowni 
The lowly Native of a Country Town, 
(Who till of late coa'd new reach the height 
Of beif^ hooour'd as a Rjfmm Knight^ 
ThsoDghout At ticiiiUiiig City pbc'd a Guards 
Dealiog an equal ftiie to every Ward, 



129; 



37 Inceadiaiieshy Atl^msn 
Law wexc wcapi in a Fkoh'd 
Coat(«fai|4^lh^faU'd Tiuua 
M^lt/ts) and BuiQt alive : At 
we fee bj Tscihu *Mmi, StS. 44* 
Mere Ntr§ after having (et 
T^*m€ on Fixe* lays the Blame 
tad Puniiluneiit on the Chxi- 
ftiana» by oidenag tiiem».«ich 
a Cciid }eft» to be Light 1^ 
and ierve as Toiches, when it 
was dark. 

It One WmivU (whpm Livy 
iiUa a GoflunoB Whore, tho* 
f lirtMwfrmkes her pafs for a 
My of Qiiafity)<ameto have 
■fiAe knoirledlge of this £n- 
m fAiM p -and dMcovef*d tt tp 
€S€tr9r (aferibn whom Pdter- 
•»te«cia|aAtly calls. Virmm No^ 
tiimii NMtilim0i iince he 
wai m Man of mean Paren-. 
tage bom at ^rfimtrnt an in- 
ajBJdkrahto Town among 
dw r^lfamt^ bat by his Elo- 
quence laia'd himfclf to the 
4uc£ Dignities of State, and 
h«|fCii€d!(Q be Qojdxdiit that i 



time) who aiTcmblcj tjie Se> 
aatc, and by a icvc;ie Oration 
accufed and convtded CatUwe : 
Hpwc?ei he, with a few of his 
Pany, fomid means to make 
his Efcape towards Tufcuny^ 
and put himlclf at the Head' 
of Ibme Ttoops which i/«i- 
liui had got togethctin thole 
Pasts, thieacning publicUy 
that he wou*d put ont the Fire 
of the City by the Rains of 
if. In the mean time €*tlt€ffts^ 
Ltutmlmf and fcveral other 
CompUoei, were feizcd and 
firaagled in Priiba by order 
of the Senate, at CM»*s Per? 
fiiafion : And Caitit y4utoniu$ 
Nefsy who was joint Conful 
with rW/7, msKhedwithwhiit 
Forces he coald raile againft 
CittiHne^ who in a Iharp Bat- 
tel was kili'd upon the Spot, 
with moft of his Folh>wcr», 
and. (as Pattrcnlm obferves) 
i^MM f^ritum fmppiici$ dih^ 
tfdtf frsii$ ftdiidif. 



Q..3t. 



KiA 



ti<J yUFE NA L. Sat. VIII. 

And by the peaceful Robe got more Renown 
Within our Walls, than Young OBAvtm woi| 
By ' > Vidorks at "Mittm, or the FUum 
O^ThtJfaJy 4odirco!our'd by the Slain: 
H'm therefore K»m$ in gratitude decreed 
The Fa: her of his G>untryy which he freed. 

hUr'ms 4i (another Conful we admire) 
In the fame Village born, (irft Plow'd for Hhre» 
His next Advance was to the Soldiers Trade. 
Where, if he did not nimbly ply the Spade. 
His Surly Officer ne'er fail'd to crack 
His Knotty Cudgel on his tougher Back. 
Yet he atone iecur'd the tott'ring State, 
Withdood the Cimbrmst and redeem'd our Fate: 
So when the Eagles to their Quarry flew 
(Who never fuch a Goodly Banquet knew) 
Only a (econd Laurel did adorn 
His Col!egue Otulus, tho' Nobly Borni 
He (har'd the Pride of the Triumphal Bay, 
But Mf^r'ms won the Glory of the 02^^. 



19 A Promontory of Epitm, 
near the ifland Ltiuau where 
^nfny and Cte§fatr4 were 
xtiia'dby a Famous Sea Fight. 

40 The Fields near Philippi 
in ThtjfAly^ were Brmut and 
Csjfmtwttt defeated. 

41 Cdius Mariuh wiS like> 
wife born at jtrpinnm, and of 
fuch poor Parents, that he was 
firft a Plowman, then a Com- 
mon Soldier, yet at lull by 
his Merit arrived to the high- 
eft Employ mentf. Once while 
lie was Coaful (fox that Ho- 
noui was feveu timc» confeir d 



on him) the CtmhUfn tttcmp- 
ted to make an Excutfioaloia 
Itdiy : But he kiird i4o«co of 
of them, and made tfoooo Pi> 
fonexs: For vhich Viftoiya 
Triumph was oidain'd himky 
the Senates but to teliat 
the Envy which mt|ht be 
rais'd by his good Fortnar, 
he follicited that SI* LmSsMt 
r4/M/«j, hisCollegne, vhowii 
of a Noble Family, might be 
permitted to Triumph with 
him, tho* he had no fluuc ia 
the A^ioo. 



fton 



Sat. VIII. JU VE NA L. 

From OameanSMick the Pkms Dtcn came; 
Small their E'^ates, and Vulgar was their Name; 
Yet liich their Virtues^ that their Lo(s alone 
For Hmw and all our Legions did Attone; 
Their Country's Doom, they by their own retrie?'<f, 
Thenifelves more worth than all the Hod they Av*d. 
The 4) Uft good King whom willing K^m* obey*d. 
Was the poor Oii&pring of ^ Of the MaiJi 
Yet he tho(e Robes of Empire juftly bore 
Which BjNimlMh our facred Founder, wore: 



it7 



4a Among the1(MM»j there 
was a SiipciftitiooicKat if their 
General wonld confent to be 
Dtvted^ 01 Saerifiet J to Jupiurj 
^Curst the Earth, and the In- 
fctoal Gods, all the Misfor- 
tunes which otherwife might 
have happened to hit Party, 
would by his Death be travT- 
ferred on thct^ Enemies.. This 
Opinion was confirmed by fe- 
▼eral (iicceisfUl loftances, par- 
ticularly two^ in the Petfons 
of the Dtcu\ the Father and 
SMiliert mentioned. Thcfirft 
being Confiil with MmUms in 



Nicely 

killed, and ikt \»m4n Army 
gain'd the Battel Hit Son 
Died in the fame manner iq 
the Wars againft the Gdttiff 
and the T^tn^ns llkewife ob" 
taiVd the Viftory. 

4} Servitis T»Uim was Son* 
to OricuUnSy whom JuvtiuU 
calls a Senring-Maid, but Uvy 
(uppofes her to have been 
Wife CO a Prince af C^rncH* 
l»m, who was kiird at the 
taking of the Tojirn, and his 
Wife was carried away Cap^ 
tive by T4ry»/»»/ Prifcm, ani 
pre(ented as a Slave to his 



the Wars agatnft the Lains, Wife TMnaqml, in whofe Ser- 
aad perceiving the Left Wing, I vice Hie was delivered of this 



which he Commanded, give 
back, he called out to Vdle- 
rims the High Ptkftto perform 
on him the Ceremony of Con- 
(ecration, (which we find dc- 
ferib'dby Livy in his Sth Book) 
and imraedistely (purr*d his 
Hofie into the thickeft of his 
laemies Forces, where be^as 



ThIUhs, The Family had a 
great Refpe£^ for the Child, 
becaufe of a Lambent Fire 
they obfcrved to play about 
his Head while heilept, which 
was interpreted as an Omen 
of his future Greatnefs y there- 
fore Cace was taken of his 
Education, and at iaft he was 
G 4 &9t 



1x8 yurE N A L, Sat. Y1 

Nkely hegnia'd, and wil poftft dhe Throne^ 
Kot tor hU Fftcher's Mcdc* but hit own. 
And reign*d» btmfelf a RiQiily alvus. 

When 44 iMrqum, }u$ proud Siioceftr» wk qidNb 
And with him Luft tBd^TjprMUjr opciTdi 
Thi Cmpiii 4f 5)Nfi (who for ihdr GounttT^ GoodL 
And to inhaunce the Hoaour of didr Blood* 
SKpu'd have aflbrted whttthctr,46 Ali^wmi 
And, to confirm that Liberty;* have done 
Anions which 47 C^db might have wiib'd Us ewni 
•What might to 4^ Mut'ms wonderful appear; 
i\nd what bold 49 CkUm might with £nv]r hear^ 
4;)peo'd the Gatw* cadMmiiiag Co ftAiC^. ' 
Their IttfuSi^d King* and vbiinry Pomr. 
Whilft a poor ^° Ste«, with ftaree a Name, \ibfftj% 
The horrid His thefe weD-bom Rogues had Ud| 
>Vho therefore for their Tireafen juftlj boic 
The Rods and Av, ne'er us'd ia £mm before. 

li- you have Strength AAitlu* Arms to hcsa^ 
And Courage to fuftain a Ten Years War; 
Tho* foul f I Thitfites got thee, thou fhah be 
More lovM by all, and more dlcem*d by 016, 
Than if by Chance you from ibme Hero CMBet 
'bx nothing like your Father but bis Name. 

Boafl then your Blood, and your Jong LoMspl 
A% high as Rmm^ a(»id its great Fdonders it$A% 
Youll find, in thefc Hereditary Tsdw^ 
Your Anceftors the ^» Scum of brokcft Jaytes.- 
And n Mfimuluj, your Honour's ancieiVC Source, 
But a poor ShepherdVBoy, ix fimHhmg-wwfe. 

Contiaaed tp the King> I feaxiog his Matnage 
baughtcx : Wherenpon ^ncut | hindcx their 5accefiG£«, 
ii4m«j his two Sons (who were I two Shej^bcrds to afla 
t^e t^^Bfiff itf thcCxQwa) iTtfrjtPMiitf, whichrthcyi 



look, buc cDi|14 sot execute ( by Confuls : iod the bette' 



fo dcztetonfly as was exped 
ed % fof rlie Kiag lived Ibme 
Dajt aft ei the 'Blow was gtveo, 
duiiag which -Tinie TMa^mi 
canard the Gates of the Fa- 
lace to be kept fliut, and a- 
mna'd theFeople (who were 
eager on a.newEledioii) with 
A&rancct that the Wound 
was np^ Monai } That the 
Xiog wfs ia a fair way pf 
KecpFeijr, aad till .he cpnld 
appeal 4>toad, sequixed tl^m 
to pay Obedicpice ^ Sirvius 
TMllimsi .who hj this Means 
fiift gotPodeQon of the 60- 
vftmnent int jie King's ma«iep 
and aft^i hjui Death nfurped it 
4^ Xeaca in his .own. At laft 
ht wfs fofccd pat pf the Se- 
nate by. J^tM X^rpiimims, 
-ihiowiidcHni St4iH» and mos- 
docd >7 hU Oi4ext. tivjf 
aids thb pHnmenda^ion , 



to fecuie theii hihcnj, BrBtm* 
sdminiftied an Oath by which - 
the Tomans pbligcd themfelvea - 
oevec to fptfec any more Kings, 
and made a Decree (which ' 
proved fstal to his Family ) 
whereby it was declared a 
Capital Crime in any Per(bii 
who ihould endeavour by any 
means to briqg bsck the Tsr- 
qmins. However, they g^fc 
not over their Freteafions,. 
bat fent Ambafladors undec 
Pretence of follicitiag that 
their Eftates at leaft might 
be xeftoied to them, but un- 
derhand to iiifijiuate theip* 
felves among the ioofe young 
Noblemen (who grew weary of 
a Commonwealth, becaufetbe 
Rigour of their new Laws did 
not tokiate that licentious 



way of Living, which they 
enjoy*d undei the Govern- 

Thiit with hjm y^fi^ ^ i'p* I meat of their Kings) and to 

*W rtfnik ^tcfiitrunft which 1 coqcf rt with them the beft 

.Igtees.w^llh JFiiirns/'s .calling 

him Thi UftppA KsH' '<» 

(44) C«r9ii>V.vhpcetgncd 25 

Sew a(t^ bun» wa« hated 

ffii hi« .Fvde .ai^d Croelty, 

Md ,§9% the bfib^uptit l^spe 

which his Son Suct0t,conva\t' 

t^ SifiMc€f$U, Wife to C$1- 

Utinmi who by. the Help ofj 

(4/f}.i(. jMmf. Brums rcf eng'd 

'^i$ M^» by Hnng Ur- \ 
ffmnA biSvwbPlp lUce.pj^ti 
al 7jm% which .fipm thitf^ 

7^ liVBH»^^ J(91f|licd 



Methods towards their R.eftp- 
ration. This Delign wss firft 
propofed to the *A^»iUi aqd 
YittUii: TheU(& of thefcwere 
Brothers to i?r«ft/»i*s Wife, and 
by thst Aliisuice eafily engag- 
ed (45) Titus ai^d TibtrtMt 
( two SoQS he had by her) ia 
the Coofpirscy» the Sum of 
which was. That the Gates of 
.the City (hould be left open 
for the Turqpins to enter itx 
ihe Night-time $ and that the 
Mnbafiidots migiitbctaflur'd 
6s of 



1 

JV VENAL. Sat. VmJ^ 



of their SiocetitT, each Mem- 
bci of the Cabal delivered 
ihem, the Night before rhej 
were to return. Letters under 
their own Hands for the Tat^ 
fwns, with Fiomi(e4 to this 
Xffea. 

50 Vtndtcmsy a Slave who 
waited at Table, by Chance 
Qver heard Fart of their Di- 
fconrfes and comparing the(e 
Circnmftances with fome o- 
thexs he had obfervM in their 
former Conferences, he went 
llraight to the Confuls, and 
told what he had difcovered. 
Orders were immediately iC- 
fued out foe fearcbtng the 
AmbaiTadorS} the Letters a- 
bove mentioned were inter- 
cepted, the Criminats fei^'d, 
and tjie froof being evident 
^ainft them, they fuffrred 
the Pimiihment (which was 
■cwly introduced) of being 
tied Naked to a ^ake, where 
they were fiift Whipt by the 
l4i£tors> then Beheaded: And 
Brutusi by Vertuc of his Of 
fice, was unhappily obiiged 
to fee this rigorous Sentence 
•nhis own Children. 

To purfue the Story 5 the 
Tdrqttins finding (heif Plot had 
Inifcairied, and fearing no- 
thing could be done by 
Treachery, ftruck up an Al- 
liance with P'>>y>/in/r, King of 
Tufcanjy who pretending to 
icftore them by open Force, 
sisuch*d with a oumeious Ax* 



my, and befieged %fmi 
was foon fncpriz'd with 
fnch Infiances of the % 
Bravery, in the Ferfoni o^ 
CtiUst Mm IMS, and CltUs, dt« > 
he withdrew his Army, tak \ 
courted their Fiiendfliip. i 

47 H^rsiims Cosies bdi| 
pofied to guard a Bridff^ 
which he perceived the Ese- 
my would foon be Maftet of| 
he ftood relblutely and op- • 
pofied Fart of their Annf, 
while the Farty he eotnmui' 
ed xepafi'd the Bridge, tad 1 
broke it down after thcni j 
and then threw himfelf, arm- ] 
ed IS he was, into the Tjkrt j 
and efcaped to the City. ) 

4.S Mmt:m StsvU went intt> 
the Encmtes Cam( witK a 
Refolution to kill their Kiag 
Profenna, but inftead of fiiiK- 
ing him, ftabb^d one of hit 
Guards i and being brought 
before the King, and findrog 
'his Error, in ^indignation he 
burned q£F his Bight Hand as 
a Penalty for his. Atiftake. 
4^ Cleiid, ft. '^mAft yitpn, 

who was given to Porjfnnd si 
an-Hoftage, made her Efcape 
from the Guards, and fwam 
over the Tjbtr, 

s t The ugly Buftoon of t&e 
Grecian Army. "' 

5 2 T^cmulm findfng the City, 
caird By his Name, not iuf- 
ficicmly Peopled, eftablilfaed 
Mn ^Afytum^ or Sanftaary, 
v^heic all t>iit-Laws, Vst- 

gajbaa<l^ 






Sat. Vin. 



(Aaodi, t*d Crimiiuli of 
«hM KinuefbcTcr, wbocoold 
■«k« theii Efnpe rbiihei. 
inlghi live in all Ficcdom 
Wtd Sccuriijr. 
a ThcAwkoiriiliuniMDs 



JVFENAL. iji 

VeOil Vif|in,af vLofB 
V hsiie t RcliiHoii \a 
■anmg of CbiVi Thlrdi 



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J U l^ E N A h 



THE 



NJNTH SATYR. 



hy STEPHEN HJl AVE T, Efq;, 



irtte 



Tte A&XSUMBHT. 

Juvenal btrt ^im Qiglogmt Vfhb Nevoins) exfofis' 
the detefiahieFict then praBis^dim Rosie, mtdtht 
Covetoufmtfs «f 4 Rkb ^td Citizen,^ Vfbuh Jo frt- 
vaiPdover his PUafitre^ tbM ht 'Wntld not gro' 
tifit the Drnf^e whtf had fi vftem Oh^d him in 
jtbe UwdEnJQymemt:ofbis Difirt^ 

J W V E M'^A L. 

HTELL mc, why, faumVii^ thus from Race toPbcei 
-*- 1 meet thee (Nevoius) with a Clouded Face? 
V^hac Human Ills can urge to this degree ? 
Kot Vanquilht ^Idttrfpu had a Brow like tfaeej 
Nor Ravola fo fheak'd and hung his Head* 
Cacch*d with that lewd Bawd I^bodoft in Bed ; 

1 A ^brj^gUnyiiiko challeng- I Tercome, ani^ fleadi^e. fy^ 
ioj w^«/io- at Muiidi; was o- | his fzcruiD£tioii. 

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. Df. JU VENA i:. It J; 

■and Beau ^Fffi!lli» &ein'd not half ib lad 
DOC a Drachma ^ou'd in JtMSf be had^ 
Tcble Ulb he profir'd fior a Fiiaid* 
nptii^ Bribei did to the Stf iv'oers icod, 
oe he found fi> macb « Fool to lend. 

atel ontroIlVl if now the Charming D]w» 
ly-Hoofi and the Pirlu unvifiied mnft lies 
aoteous F^rmph in Tain he does adoret 
I Ax Chariot Wheek niufk Rowl no more, 
mj fhde fridlAil Wrinkles in tfag^. Prime {J 
laar old Act &Joi|g before the times 
eft Ebb of Fortune when youiay 
Dted then^ how Merrj. was the Daj. 
the Curie of wiihing to be Great: 
\' with Hope we omnot fiethe Cheats . 
wild M»bition in the Heart we foA^ \ 
1 Content and Qdet of the Mind. 
itCierif^. Clouds werkaye the ibiid Shoari. 
anted Happinefi refnras no mocse, 
ji aipiriog Thoughts had^'d thy Brcaft,,. 
anio j^csfintj iucba cheacfol Guefts 
;k, io Gaj, of dsat engaging Aii^i, 
inh wa[s<>swn'4 till' 14^k» w^ 
icne'^ now CBsii^d9 thatficolickJOcnius iiAr 
;kxmiyJItei}ght ibqiS; tpaa^ii in. itsftcail^ 
kMttte worq.o^^jaot H^ndsingr Uof en chmir^ 
tybait^SlB|ti'%oiMr{b,^lai^ . 

^ks .nncomVd )u^. iro^^ Wood «pfi^^ 
KTjr Part lDems'fi2i«pdto.(h]r Gut. - 
's now that UbouiUlltcends.in t^ IMBh, 
I theft Arts that dtd.the:%ar^^.agpc;i»r 
k fi> pale ^o\^§hm^ 
wm^edX^fiieiitaawline to avGcayeiT 

mi^\^^^ %iikfUii^i4ifyVahtTfr ^ 



114 J WE UAL. Sat. 

IVben we are touch'd with bmt importint IIt» 
How vainly Sfknce would our Grief conceal 1 
Sorrow nor Joy can be difguis'd by Art, 
Our Forcbeacls blab the Secrets of our Heart :. 
By which (abs) 'tis evident and plain 
Thy Hopes are dafh'd, and thy Endeavoura Taini 
And yet 'tit (bange ! But lately thou wcct known 
For the moft envied SuXbm of the Towm 
What con(cious 9 Shrine, what Cell by thceun&ug|i 
Where Love's dark Pleafures might be ibid and boii|pil 
From human View you hid thefi Deeds, of Luft, . 
But Gods in BraO and Marble yoo coa'd trvfi: 
Ciut 4 her feif not fcap'd, for where can be 
From Bawds and PirolKtutes an Akar £ree?. 
Nor didd thou only for the Females bonif. 
The Husband and the Wife fucceededitf tfaenr.Tbm^ . 
Nrv. This Life I own to (bmehas^o^'roiu beeai 
But I have no (uch Golden Minutes feen : 
Right have you hit the Caii/e of my TiiH-efi, 
Kone has Earn'd more, and been Rewarded kfs ;. 
All I can gain is but a Threadbare Coat, 
And that with utmoft Pains and Drudging got: 
Some Single Money too, but that (alasj 
Broken and Counterfeit will hardly paft. . ^ 
Whilft others, pamper'd m their fhamelefs Priffex 
Are fev'd r^ Flare, and in their Chariot^ ride: ! 
Tell me what Mortal can his Grief contain. 
That has, like me, fuch Reaibn to compIaill^ 
On Fate alone Man's Happinefi depends. 
To Parts concealed Fate's prying Pow'c extends t 
And if our Stars of their kind Inifluence fiil. 
The Gifts of Nature, what will thej avail? • 

3 The Temples, andlmages 
of their Gods, were (by Night) 
the Commoi^Tla«is ii Atf g^ 
natiOAf 



4 To the Temple of i 
pnly the Chaft aad ikfi 
Marrbns weie admitt«4'i 



1 



Sat. IX. JVVENAL. xjf 



The Gifts of Nature! Curie upon the Thought* 

By that akme I am to Ruio brought. 

Old Vhrf did the Fatal Seaet hear 

^But Curfi on Fame that bore tt to his Fjir.) 

What fbft Adcfrefi his wooing did begin ? 

What Oaths, what Promiies to draw me in? 

Scarce oou'd they fiul to make a Virgin Sin. 

Who wouM not then fwear Nevoltis had fped, 

Aod G<dden Show'rs were dropping on his Head? 

But oh this Wretch^ this Prodigy behold! 

A Slare at once to Letchery and Gold* 

For in the Ad of his lewd Brutal Joy, 

£rrah ! My Rogue (he cries) mine own dear Boy V 

My Lad» My Lite! already ask for more? 

I paid la ft Bout> and you mud quit the Score: 

* Poor fire sSefimis hxve been aU my Gains,. 

** And what is that for fuch detefted Pains? 

What Is an Eaie and Fleafure, cou'dft thou (ay 

(Where Nature's Law forbids) to force my waf 

To the digefted Mea^s of yeftcrday? 

The Slave more toil'd and.harrafs'd will be found. 

Who digs his Mafter's Buttocks, than his Grounds 

But fure old Vlrro thinks himfelf a Boy, 

Whom yove once more might languifh to enjoy : 

8ees not his witherM Face and gria^ty Hair, 

Bat would be thought Smooth, Charming^ Soft, and Fur; 

With Female Pride wou'd have his Love be foi^hr> 

And every Smile with a Rich Pre&nt bought. 

Say. Goat, for whom this Mais of Wcakh you heap ^ 
For whom rhy hoarded Bags in filence Qeep ? 
Afulmm Farms, for the Rich Soil admir'd? 
Aod thy large Fields where Falcons may be tir'd ? ' 
Thy Fruitful. Vineyards on Camfunum Hills? 
fiW Don^ drinks lefi, yet none more Vciiels ffilsj 

I A fmaU Coin among the 7^«wMf i 

Froca 



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15*: JurENJt, .SrAT.Ii 

Ffom fuch • Score 'tit birbirous to ignidge 
A ftnall RieUef to your Exbaufted Drudge: 
Weigh weil the Matter, wer*t nst fitter much 
The Poor Inhabitants of yonder Thatch 
X>a]l'd me their Lord (who to Eztxeains am drhrcnj^: 
Than to fbme worthlefi Sycophant be given? 
(Yet what fmooth Sycophant by thee can ^^7 
When Luft it ieif (hikes thy Flint-Heart in rmT) 
A Beggar! Fie! 'tis Impudence, (be cry^d^ 
And fuch mean (hi&ing Anfwers {till ieply*d: 
But Rent unpaid, &j% Begg, till Vina Grant i 
({low ill does Modefty confift with Want ?) 
My fingle Boy f like ^Mjifhemm* Eje) 
Mourns his IttrAi Fate, and weeps for a Suppiyy 
One will not do. bard Labour'd and hard Fedt 
How then (hall Hungry twoexped tbetrBmd^' 
What (ball I fiy, when rough Dectmkr ftonu? 
When Fro(b, aind Snow, have craiopt thcir.NiM Ao 
What Comforts without Miftoy can I bring T- 
Wtll they b» (atisfy'd to think on Spring) 

Theie Motives urg'd to his Obdurate Mind, 
Is caiting Water tp^the adverfe Wind,.- 
But one thing yet, bale Wretch, I .muft ia^part^ .- 
Thy (elf (halt own, ungrateful a^ thou aca; 
At your Intreaties, hsd not I obeyed} 
StiU your deluded Wife had been a Maid: - 
Down on the Bridal-bed a Maid flie lay^ 
A* Maid (heroic, at the approaching Pay* 
Another Nigbt» t^ lumpilh Love u^^trfi. 
But fUfl (he TO&9 « Virgin, and a Bride: 
What cou'd have.toochd her more! away ftitBaup' 
And everyiStrc^ of t^.loft Manhood mog. 



a*A Qvant of SUiijfj and 
one- of the cydpfi tfho hati 
hut ooe^ %f9p and that. iikhii 



Foichead, ntkiok' Vjjjlk^ 
Czait pat eot, fatf eftl 



Ber fpeakiag E]r» ware fUtof thy Di%race» 
Ml her Text ThQU|^ abhorr'd the cold Embrtce. 
Ml Wiroogii what Wiflung Woman couU have bomf 
h Rag^ the Biarn^/Artfdea were torn: 
tct whea.ftie vov'd to iee thy Face nomore^ 
And Hevtkfi thou Aood'ft whiniDg at theDoor». 
Imet the Angry Fairs all over Charms, 
And atch'd her fifing firom. thy Fhizen Arms:- 
Mach Fams it ooft to Rig^t tbeinjiir'd Damc} , 
A whole N^ht^i Vigour* to repair thy (hame: 
Wimefi jcmtAU who heard the lab'ring Bed, 
And Shrieks at the departiiig Maiden-Itod: 
n Thnama^y a Spodc^ wfaowoo'dherClRHCinsoinr!.. 
" Is hqpaOhdienc hgrn Kind Gallant: 
Now cafd yoa ihift ili thi^ and paft itoV^ 
Tct (tfootv) I kave left one Inftanoe moNU 
LAiak, if & wdl her fiufinefi I have dooe^ 
ibLthat N^ht*aJttvkft mtf produpp a^Soo*. 
Oar HiMM ii^M great ftTvd^ afixd 
lb him diat ftaads a FatfaertMi Record: 
1^ fiif, "da tn«» aOackoIdthoumnft'om;: 
Bnt that Rcpraneh is tt nay Bitaft alon^i 
Va me dw Pfeafive bib tottuae the Fame 
Mj BtatiMI Iky Afaibies prodaimi 
Aad frae thee ever fiom Ih^ooans Shanae. 
Let drding Wtathaaden thy crofiided I>Qiar« 
Mttrensy and Girls, fliaUlioot at thoeinomon 
lotStories to thy.lafting Gmdit raii^ 
Wk fimbfing RribUes grodge thy borrow'd 

Jkv- ThXr NHwtef, moll apdy yoa oom^aiBi^ . 
' Bat tkoT yoor Grieft are joft, they are in vain: 
Toor Service |Ndl, he does with Scorn farffu 

E^ fieks (pone other Fool, like thee, to cheat 
■rv. Beware, my Meod, and whtt I mm icvcat . 
. Asi^SeqctoftbirUfp^confidti. 



'i}S yUFENjtl. Sat. 

A luftful Pttbicky when he turas • Foe ) 
He gfres like Deftiny a wardlefi ^w: 
His Grimes are fuch, they will not bear a Jeft* 
And Fire and Sword purfue the confaous Breaft. 
For fweet Revenge no Drugs will be too dcar# 
In Lu(^» a Mifer, bat a Spendthrift here. 
Then (Ught him not, nor with his Scandal fyat^ 
But be as Mute as was 7iW^kenuin Court. 

y$4v. Dull ^Coryiml Art thou fi) ftupid growi^ 
To think bRich Man's Faults can be unknown! 
Has he not Slaves about him? Would notthej 
Rejoyce, and Laugh» fuch Secrets to betray I 
Vttat more efied^ual to revenge their Wroi^ 
i'han the unbounded FreedooEi of their Toogaesr 
Or grant it (wflible to fflence thofi^ 
Dumb Beails and Statues wou'd his Crimei ezpofts. 
Try to Imprifim the refiftkis Wind, 
So fwift h Guilt, fo hard to be coofin'd; 
Tho' crafty Tears AiooM caft a Vail between,' 
Yet in the Dark, his Vices wou'd be £sen : 
And there-'s a Lnft in Man no Charm can tamqi 
Of budiy publifhing our Neighbour's Shames, 
On Eagle Wings immortal Scandals fly. 
While Virtuous A^ons are but Born, and Dye*. 

Let us live weD, were it alone for This, 
The baneful Tongues of Servants to deipifei 
Slander (the wodi of Pdyfbns^ ever finda 
An ea(ie Entrance, to ignoble Minds : 
And they whofe Vicious Lives, {uch abjc^ Foes fflnft 
More mean %nd wretched far than their own Slaves 8f] 

Nev, Your Counfei'sGood andUfefiil, tis confcii'd 
But Cob) to me it is in vam addrefs'd: 



7 The K^re$f4ffiSf or Court 
of Jtifllce at .Athens^ where they 
gave Sentcoceby Charaden 
and Signt, ire, 

I The Common ^imtQisL 



shepherd, which hesppU 
Nevlus, for his Ignaratci 
Simplicity, in thUddng 
Vices of Great Maa cu 



Iat. rk' y WEN At. \\9 

the Great Ato, wliom gaping Crowds attokly 
^Fcar a (courg'd Slare, or a dif&mbling Friend \ 
^•M> matter what I do, or what I fajr* 
I ba?e no S|»es about me to betray: 
And you adviie me now my time Is ]o((, 
And an my Hopes of prorp*^oas Hours arc Crofts 
lAy fufl-Uown Tooth already fades apace, 
(Of our fliort Being, 'tis the (hotted fpace!) 
'While melch^ Plnfiires in our Arms are found, 
Mirhile Lovers fim'k, and while the Bowl goes roundj^ 
While in furprizing Joys intranc*d we lie. 
Old Age creepa oo us, ere we think it ni^. 

JwQ^ Fear nor, thy Trade will never find an End, 
While yon9 H31s ftand thou can'ft not want a Friendi 
By Laiid, and Sea, from every Point they come, . 
Then dread no Dearth of Proftitutes at ^onM, 

Niv. TeO this to Happier Men, for I am fped» 
If aH my Drudging can procure me Bread. 
Ye Deities! The Subaitutcs of Hcav*n! 
To whom the Guide of Human Life is giv'n^ 
At whofe lov'd Altars, with an ample T^al^ 
(rho' (lender SaaiBce) I daily kneel, 
His Ebbing Hours let your Vow Suppliant fie. 
From the mean Crutch, and a thatcht Cottage frcei 
No fhameful Want, nor troablelbm Difeaie, 
But eafie Death approaching by d^eess 
Neceifity fupply'd, wou'd Comfort bring: 
Yet conftant Store wou'd be a Glorious thing: 
To treat a Friend, methinks, I wou*d aflbrd. 
While Silver Bowls (land fmiling on my Board i 
And when the Cares of Rome to Pleafure yield s 
T wo ^""Iddfiin Slaves ihou*d bear me to the Field: 



9 The(eveq Hills on which 
^ lo Mdfiii a ^lace acai Trnf- 



cany 9 famous for th^ great 
fize andfirength of the Inka* 
bicantSt 



1^ yu F E N At. S*T. 

Wboc^ 00 their Drawnj SbonUen mooiited highy 
While the fttTe Youth their Various hiaahood tfy* 
I' wouVl the Thrones of Emperors difit. 
Superfluous Wealth, and Pomp, I not defirc} . 
But what Coatcaty and Decenqr rctjuire. 
Then mffibr I five by my own Sur^ Rnks* 
Not for^d to worihip Knaves, aod ^Satt^ FooUr 
And thus ftcur'd of Ea(e, by fhunnv^ Stnft» 
Wich Pkaliire wouki I Sailjdown the fwift SoreaiMf 

But oh ridiculous vain Wifli^. for One 
Akeady loft, and doom'd to be undone, 
iilas ! what Hope remains/. For to my Pr^yVf 
Rcgardleis Fortune flops her woooded Ears: 
As 10 the " Sjftnt Charms, Xttjifi^ Marjaars. 



II Mermaids oo the Coaft 
0fSi€ilr,mk9(t OiUntVlyfts 
HMBuiglWievamM) avoided by 
popping his Mathiess Bass 
luthWasiaadfo iU'd by them 



fcandyiiCiAidi 
mens the^ Uuew 
into the S«^ aa4 wot 
into RodE^ (^ct Om, 








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THE 

T^NTH S A T YIW 

TV AR«tJMENt. 

frefim *ht «rM*u ffy^et miii Difint ^ Mm- 
IomJ; Md to fit nw ibt FoUy sf *#m. ^ raw 
tbnt^h «JI fi^ /mw«/ HmJi efRithti^ Htwmrtf 
Elotjuetue^ Farltt far MmtM Atthinammty 
Long Mifey and BtMtfi md'^ttt h^oMttt m 
tacbj hnu frt^uemthf ihij ion fnv^A tht Jtm» 
cf thofe thiU «am^dthem. Hi nmeimJet tien^ 
hf, that finee tiw ttmtrMy eimft fiiUfar mr 
ftivej:, tilt pou'i-ia iHUr H ttsve Htttht G*dt^ 
» ttioke the CiwM for mt. Att wt em fiM» 
vk ^Htaveti, Su wietim s very fkult <kmf^ 

'Tu but Health of Body nd MMd Ami 

if vj€ have thefi. *tis mot miui Matter what nw 
vnm bijfiiks ^ far wt Umm ak*aif imm^ m 
M^e MS iaPpy. 

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The ARGUMENT. 

'fs J^^^fifff^ y» 'A^ Drvime Sdfvr^ is tp n^ 
t tbt imrims Uybes smdDtfirts ^ Mtm- 

mU to fit vm tb€ FMy of ^tm. 4b rmms 
rb sU the feqf^rsl He^ rfRittet^ U$nomrs^ 
ww€t^ Fame fir MartM Auhievememsj 
Xf^ mU Beamty^ amJ^jghes hfta^cet m 
MU fiqmemh ihiy baow fnv^d tht Rmm 
(k tkst ^fwtf4 tbem. Ut tmtflmdet there* 
tkM fiwce il9e gemerslfy chmfi fiiUfi/r mr 
'^vteAetCd-irlHter te ieMve it ^ the Gedt^ 
liv the Choiee fir mt. AU 9t9e em fifibf 
*Hnnfem^ lies wkim a very fistdi CmMu 

fMt Health of Body flod Mind Jmd 

^ have tbefij *tis mot much matter what we 

h^des; fir we have abreatfy enoeigb #a 

mbapfi* 



14* JU FB NA L. -^ Sai 

LOOK round the HabitaUe World, bow few 
Know their own God ; or koowiiig it, parfiie. 
How void of Reafbn are our Hopes and Fcurs! 
What in the Goodud of our Life appears 
So well defiga'd, fb luckily begun, 
Buti when we hare our WiQi, we wifli undone? 

Whok Hottfes, of their whole Dedrei poilefti 
Are often ruin*d, at their own Requeft. 
In Wan, and Petcei Things hurtful we rrquirey 
When made obnoxious to our own Defire. 

With Lawrels fbme have fatally been crown*ds 
Some, who the Depths of Eloquence have found. 
In that unnavigable Stream were Dr«wnVL 

The I Brawny Fool, who did his Vigour boaili 
In that nrefuroing Confidence was loft: 
But more have been by Avarice oppreft. 
And Heaps of Money crowded in die Cheft.-^ 
Unwieldly Sums of Wealth, which higher noonot 
Than Files of marfliall'd Figures can account. 
To which the Stores of Crmfust in the Scale, 
Wou'd look like little Dolphins, when they fiB 
In the vaft Shadow of the Britijh Whale. 

For this, in Ntr9*s Arbitrary Time, 
When Virtue was a Guilt, and Wealth a Crime, 
A Troop of Cur-throat Guards were (ent, to &fM 
The' rich Mens Goods, and gut their Palaces : 
The Mob, Commiffion'd by the Government^ 
Are fcldom to an Empty Garret lent. 
The fearful Paflenger, who travels late, 
Charg'd with the Carriage of a Paltry Plate; 
Shaken at the Moonshine Shadow of a Rufli ; 
And Zees a Red-Coat rife from evVy Bulb : 



I Milt of Crptona ; who for 
aTryalof his Strength, going 
to lend an Oak, perifhed in 
the Atconpt ; Fox his Arms 



were caught in the Tmi 
it s and he wu dcvMie 
wild Beaftf^ 



Z..y U F R N A L. I4J 

r fiogt» ev^ whea he ices the Place 
Thierest and ncFer mends his Pace, 
ftc Vew8| the firft tod chief RequeiO: 
8 to be richer than the reft: 
\ Doubts, the poor Man's Draught control j 
no Poifon in his homdy Bowl. 
the deadly Drug, when Gems Divine 
: Cup, and (parkle in the Wine. 
I not now tiw Pair of Sages praiiey 
Line End porfu'd, by ieveral Ways? 
one contemo'd the Wo&l Times: 
d at Follies^ one lamented Crimes: 
I eafiei but the Wonder lies, 
: of Brine fiipply'd the Weeper'a Eyes* 
coa'd feed his Spleen, and fhake 
id Shoulders till he fcic 'em akej 
Country Town no Li6^ors were» 
nor As, nor Tribune did appear: 
Foppifli Gravity of Show, 
Ding Magidrates oh Crowds beftow : 
d he done, had iie beheld, on high 
feared, in mock Majcftyi 
: lowling o'er the du(iy Place, 
h duqib Pride, and a iet formal Face» 
in the dull ceremonial IT^ack, 
a Embroyder'd Coat upon his Back: 
langings had not more oppreft 
rs, than that k>ng, laborious Veft. 
igaw, ('call'd a Crqwn,) thatfpread 
'emples, drown'd his narrow Head; 
have crufli'd it with the ma0y Freights 
wealing Slare fuftain'd the Weight: 
he fame Chariot feen to ride, 
I the mij^h'y Madman's Pride. 
I'tmperbl Eagle, rais'd on high, 
^ Beak f the Mark of Majcfty > 
' "* " Trumpetf 



'H|4 JUVlBtNAL. SkT. 

^Thunpeti befoce» tnd on the Left md Rjgjhc^ 
A Cavalddc of Nobles, iD in White: 
la their own Nttnref Me tad flttt'ring TVbch 
But made bii Friendl, hy Phcei and by Brttek 

In his own Ajgei Dmmc^us eon'd find 
Suffictent Caufis to hnigb « Homirie Kind: 
Learn-ftom fi> g^eat a Wit; a Land of Boga 
With Ditehet fenced, a ileflf*n Pat Mth Fop* 
May ftrm a Spirit fit to fway the Seitei 
And make the neMb'riog Monarchs fcar tftrir fMbi 

He lai^ at aU the ^ilgtr Ouca and ftatii 
Ac their vain lVimnphf» a^ thck t ain a T«M: 
An equal Teknper'in his Mind he found. 
When Fortune flattered him, and whea flie hmiiPL 
**Tis plain, from hence, that what dor V«Wa icqpk 
Are hortfbl Thmgs, or nfileis at die beft^ 

Some asic for cnvy'd PowV; Whieh pldfldk Aft 
Porfiies, and hurries headlong to their FMv: 
Down go the Titless and the Staane Oniw^d, 
Is by UTe Hands in the next kiver drowtt'd. 
The Guiltleis Hories and the Chariot Whed 
The £ime ££kas ef Vn^ Fury feel: 
The Smith prepares his Hammer for the Strdhe^ 
While the Lung'd Bellows InfTn^ F!k pnwidiei 
SMms » almoft firft of Wttmrnt Names, 
The great Stjmms cracklea in the Fbttiea: 
Forra'd in the Fbrge, the PHant Bra6 is US 
On Anvils^ and of Head end Limbs are Btadcb 
Pans, Cans, tnd Pifpots, a whole KhAin TVnleb 

a SejAm* wtt TibfmPt firft I at Tomi la lie id] JM 
Favoiite $ and while he con-* 1 gmee »jdi dke fiotpoai 



tinued fo, had the higbeft 
Marks of Honoac bcftowed 
on him} Stames and Tn- 
"nmphal Chariots weie evciy 
idicie crcftcd to hh&: But 



iveie vU . JmnMrtisiH 
moantcd^ anddie'ic^i 
common feople loflln 
him as meaBl/,'aadi 
finmM osi Binbcnia 



;at. X. JVVtNAL. I4r 

AdcMrn your Doors with Laurelis and a Bull* 
Milk white, and largCi lead to the CapitoU 
%^tauis with a Rope, is dragg'd along; 
The Sport and Laughter o\ the giddy Throng! 
Good Locd, they cry, what I^thiof Lips he has. 
How foul a Soout, and what a hanging Face? 
By Heav'n, I nerer cou*d endure his Sight i 
But (ay, how came his mooftrous Crimes to Light ? 
What is the Charge, and who the Evidence 
( The Safiour of the Nation and the Prince?) 
Nothing ot this» but our old C^ feat 
A noifie Letter to His Parliament : 
Nay Sin, if C^/Sir writ, I ask no more, 
He's gnihy; and the Queftion's out of Door. 
How goes the Mob? (for that's a mighty Thing,) 
When the King's Trump, the Mob are for the Ktngt 
They foDow Fortune, and the common Cry 
b ^ againft the Rogue condemn'd to die. 

But the ftme very Mob, that Rafcal Crowd* 
Had cry'd S9\mmSi with a Shout asknidi 
Had his Defigns ( by Fortune's Favour blefl) 
Socceeded, and the Prince's Age oppreft. 
But long, kmg iince, the Times have chang'd their Face, 
The People grown degenerate and baie: 
Not fiife'd now the Freedom of their Choice, 
To make their Magiftrates, and fell their Voice, 

Our wife Fore-Fathers, great by Sea and Land* 
Had once the Pow'r and aMblute Commands 
All Offices of Truf^, themielves difpos'd ; 
Rais'd whom they pleas'd, and whom they pkas'd Depos*d« 
But we who give our native Rights away* 
And our enflai^d Pofterity betray. 
Are now reduced to be;g an Alms, and go 
On Holidays to (ee a Puppet Show. 

There wu a damn'd Deiigo, cries one» no doubt i 
For Warrants are already iiTixd out: 

H 1 met 



14» yUFENJlL. 5at 

I met BrutfJhis in a mcwtal Frights 
He's dipt for certiiii, and pkys leaft in fight: 
I fieir the Rage of our of&nded Prince. 
Who thinks the Semte flack in his Defence ! 
Come let us hafte, our Loyal Zeil to (how* 
And fpurn the wretched Corps of dtftur's Foe : 
But let our Slaves be pre(ent there, left they 
Accule their Maflers, and fof Gain betray. 
Such were the WhKpers of thoie jealous Tinier 
About Sijanas* Punifliment, and Crimes. 

Now tell me truly, woud'ft thou change thy Fate 
To be. like him, firft Mtnifter of State? 
To have thy Levees crouded with Reiorti 
Of a depending, gaping, fervile Court : 
Difpofe all Honours of the Sword and G0WO9 
Gnce with a Nod, and ruin with a Frowns 
To hold thy Prince in pupil Age, and fway 
That Monarch, whom the mafler'd Worklobej2 
While he, intent on (ecret Lufts alone. 
Lives to himfelf, abandoning rhe Throne » 
Coop'd Hn a narrow Ifle, obferving Dreams 
With flattering Wizards, and ercd:ing Schemes! 

I well believe, thou wou'dd be Great as he; 
For ev'ry Man's a Fool to rhat degree i 
All wi(h rhe dire Prerogative to kill; 
Ev'n they wou'd have the PowV, who want the Wi 
But wou'dft thou have thy Wiihes underftood. 
To take the Bad together with the Good ? 
Wou'd fl [hou not rather chufe a fmall Renown, 
To be the MayV of fomc poor paltry Town, 



3 The Ifland ofCaprfd, which 
lies abour a League out at 
Sea from the CampantAn Shore, 
was the Scene of Tihrim*s 
Pleafures in the Utter Part 
•f his Reign. There helivM 



for fbme Years withDi 
Sooth fay crsf and wotft 

pany And fioin t 

difpatch'd all his OtA 
the Senate. 



igjiy to look, and faarb'roofiy to Q)eak; 

b poand falfe Wdghts, tnd fcancy Meafucqs break? 

lien, grant we that S^mus went adraj 

a e/ry Wilh, ami knew not how to pray: 

^or he who grafp'd the World's exhau(led Storo 

f et never had enough, but wifh'd for more, 

kus'd a top-heavy Tow'r, of monftious heighti 

Which mould'ring, crulh'd him underneath the Weight. 

What did the mighty ?§mfrfs Fall beget ? 
It Ruia'd 4 him, who Greater than the Greati 
The Stubborn Pride ofJRaman Nobles broke i 
Aod bent rhdr iiaugbty Necks beneath his. Yoke: 
What ellie, but hit immoderate Luft of Pow'r, 
Pray'rs made and giranted in a Luckle(s Hour? 
For few Uiiirpers to the Shades defcend 
Bj a dry Death, or with a quiet End. 

The Boy» who icarce has paid his Entrance down 
To his proud Pedant, or dedin'd a Noun, 
(So fmall an Elf, that when the Days are foulf 
He and his Satchel muft be born to School.) 
Yet prays, and hopes, and aims at nothing ]e(s» 
To 5 prove a Tulfyt or Vemofthtnes : 
Bat both thoie Orators, to much renown'd, 
In their own Depths of Eloquence were drown'd: 
The Hand and Head were never loft, of thoie 
Who dealt in Dogrel, or who punn'd in Profe. 
Jortune ^ fonttmd the Dying Notts of Rome: 
W U thy Conftdfokt confdd thy Doom. 

His 



' 4 Jmiims CMftr, who got the ( 
bcnei of P^mfey, that was 

•ftillfd Th* QuMt. 

5 Dtim^fibmf and T*///, 

■hotk ^Ufd foi theii Oratory. 
Dtm§fihfn4i gate himfelf Foy^ 

'ion, to avoid being catiied to 



Captains, who had then made 
himfelf Msfter of Athens, 
lully wt« murdered by JIf. An-' 
th9ny*s Order, in return for 
thofe Invediives he had made 
againft him. 

6 Xhe Latifl of this 'Couplet 

is a Fambas Vexfe of Ttifliy^s, 

Ha Va. 



tfd JV V E N A L 5a*.: 

Now whtt's his End, O dnraiirfg Glwfj \ fiy 
What rare Fifth Ad to Crowd his buffing Pkf ? 
In one deciding Gbttle o««rc<9Atf, 
He flies, is banifh'd frofta his nathre Hmtfe: 
Begs Refuge ia a foreign Cbtut, and theM 
Attends, his mean Fmtkm to prefer; 
Reputs'd by furly Grooms, who Walt bcfbrtf 
The deeping Tyrant's inteiviiftied Dooi^ 

What wondVoiM fort of Mth hks He^hF^d dtfip'i 
Diftinguifli'd from the Herd of HeifiiaA Kibd> 
For {b untam'd; £o turbulent a; Mind! 
Nor Swords at hand, nor hiflirtg Dtett afiir» 
Are doom'd t'avenge the tedious bloody Wli', 
But Poifon, drawn through t Ring^i hdloKr IHau 
Muft finifli him ; a fucking Infants Ftttf. 
Qo^ dimb the Rugged Alfs^ ambitious FocA 
To pkaie the Boys, and be a Theme it Schddi. 

One World fuffic^ not Akxanda^s BAidi 
Coop'd up, he feem'd id Earth and Seas cdflfln'd; 
And, ilrugling, ftret6h*d his rrftlefs Ltttfbs AM 
The narrow Globe, to find a Pafllage our. 
Yet entcr'd in the 9 Brick-built Town, he tr/d 
The Tomb, and found the (hait Dimenfions wide: 
** Death only this myflertous Truth unfolds, 
*f The mighty Soul, how fmali a Body hddsL 

Old 'o Cretu a Tale of Atbosmao^iL make out 
Cut from the Continent, and fail'd about } 



9 Bshylon^ whtXC uiUjuUidir 
dy*d. 

10 Xirxis is repicfenred in 
Hiftoiy, after a very Roman- 
tick Manner, affefting Fame 
beyond Meafure, and doing 
the moft extravagant Things 
to compafs it. Monnt ^th»s 
aade a prodigious Pxomon- 



torj in the t>£^ssm U» 
If (aid to have cat a Chi 
through it, andio hsfci 
round it. He nade a t 
of Boats ovei the Mk 
where it was tkxtc Milcsbl 
And otdexcd a whippisf 
the Winds and Seas, be 
they had once croflTcd bi 



Sat. X: JVFEN A L. if r 

Seu hid wkh Naviot, ChirfOtB pafliog o'er 

Tbe Chaniid, on • Bridge from Shore to Shore: 

Ri?ers, whofe depth no (herp Beholder ieUt 

Drunk at in Army's Dinner, to tbe Leess 

With i loDg Legend of Ilomantick things* 

Which in his Cup« the Bowfy Poet iings. 

B^t how did' he return, this haughty Brtve* 

Who whipt the Winds, and made the Sea his Slave? 

f Tho' Stftm§ took unkindly to be bounds ^ 

And Eitrms never luch hard Uiage found S 

In his JE^liam Pri(bn under Ground i) X 

What God To mean» ev*n " he who points the Way» 

So Mercilefi a Tyrant to obey ! 

Bat how tetom'd he, let us ask again? ^ 

la a poor SktfiF he pafi'd the bloody Main, > 

Choak'd with the (hughter'd Bodies of his Train. > 

Per Faoae he pray'd, but let th'Event declare 

He had no mighty Penn'worth of his Pray'r. 

fcv9 grant me length of Life, and Yean good Start 
nC:i7 C^ S7 b?">^ ?^?^ I ask-no more. 
Both Sick and Heahhfb], Old and Toung conipira 
b this one fifly Mifbhievous Define. 
Miftaken Blefling which old Age they calli 
lis a long, nafty, darkfom Hofpital, 
A ropy Chain of Rheums; a Vifiige rough, 
Deform'd, UnfeaturU and a Skin of Buff. 



figos,as we have a very folemn 
Accoant of it in Her*d9tm. 
But, after all theft vain Botfts» 
he was fliamefnliy beaten bf 
Tktmifi^elts at SdUmis', and 
sctain'd home, leaving moft 
•f his Fleet behind hlo». 

XI Mtrtmrr^ who was aGod 
of tho lowaft. Sizc^ and em- 



ploy'd always in Errands be- 
tween Heaven and Hell. And 
Mortals ot*d him accoxdingly : 
Foi his Statoea wcie anciently 
placed, where Roads met i 
with Oiieftioaa on the Fin- 
gers of 'em, Pointing out the 
fevcxalWays to TiaveUeis. 



H4. A fiitdK 



ifi JUVENAL. Sat, 

K ftitch*fiiln Cheeky that hmgi bdow the JtWf 
Such Wrfnklcf, u t skilful Hand wou'd drajwr 
For an old Graodam Ape^ wheo» with t Graoc» 
She (its at fquat, and fcrubi her leathern Face. 

In Youth, Di^nd^iona infinite abound i 
No Shape, or Feature, juft alike are fboodi 
The Fair, the Black, the Feeble, and the Strong} 
But the iame Foulne(f does to Age beloog. 
The ielf-fiiine Pallie» both in Limbs and Tongue. . 
The SkuU and Forehead one bald barren Plsini 
And Gums unarm'd to mumble Meat in vaiotf 
Befides th*etemal Drivel, that fuppliea 
The dropping Beard, from Noftrils, Mouth and Fyei, 
His Wife and Children biath him, tnd» what's worfe 
Himielf does his of&nfive Carrion curie! 
Flatt'rers forfidce him too^ for who would kill 
Himielf, to be remember'd in a Will? 
His Tafte not oiUy pall'd to Wine and Meatt 
But to the Reliih of a Nobler Treat. 
The limber Nerve, in vain provok'd to riie^ 
Inglorious from the Field of Battel fliea ; 
Poor Feeble Dotard, how could he advance 
With his blue Head-piece, and his broken Lance? 
Add, that endeavouring ftill without tSkJOi^ 
A Luft more ibrdid juftlf we fufpcf^. 

Thofe Senfes loft, behold a new Defeat* 
The Soul diilodging from another Seat. 
What MuHck, or enchanting Voice, can chear 
A Stupid, Old, Impenetrable Ear ? 
No matter in what Place, or what Degree 
Of the full Theater he iirs to fee \ 
Cornets and Trumpets cannot reach his Ear : 
Under an Ad^or's Nofe, he's never near. 

His Boy mufl; bawl, to make him underiland 
The Hour o'th'Day, or fiich a Lord's at hand: 



LT. X. yUFENJL. in 

c little Blood tint creqps witlita his Veins* 

but juft warm'd in • hoc Forei^s Psins. 

fine» he wetrs no Limb about Yum ibood: 

'ith Sores and Sickneilb bdeigiier'd roond: 

ik me their Names, I fixmcr could relate 

ow many Drudges on Salt H^fim wait; 

rbat Oouds of Pttients the Town Do£tor kiDs, 

Ir how, laft Fall, he rais'd the Weekly Bifls. 

R^hat Provinces by BMplm were fpoil'd, 

ITbat Herds of Heirs 1^ Guardians arc begufl'd: 

tfow many Bonu a-day that Bitch has vrfd^ 

How many Boys that Pedagogue can ride! 

What Lands and Lordfhips for their Owner know 

Mj ^MSffiaas Barber, but his Worihip now. 
Thu Dotard of his Broken' Back complains, * 

One his Legs ful, and one his Shoulders pains: ''':i' 

Anothec is of both his Eyes bereft; 

And envies who has one for Aiming left. 

A Fifth, wkh trembling Lips expedmg ftands,' 

As in his Childhood, cramm'd by others Hands ;> 

One, who at fight, of Supper open'd wide 

His Jaws before, and whetted GHnderstry'ds 

Kow oaly yawns, and waits to be fupply'd: 

Like a young Swallow, when with weary Wtngf 

Sipeded Food her failing Mother brings. 
His k>(s of Members is a heavy Curfe, 

But all his Facukies decay'd, a worie ! 

His Servants Names he has foigotten quite; ' 

Knows not his Friend who fapp'd with lidmlaff Nighti 

Not ev*n the Children, he Begot and Bread; 

Or his Witt knows ^em not: For, in their ftead» 

In form of Law, a common Hackney Jadp, 

Sole Heir» for jfecret Services, is made: 
So lewd and fiich a battered Brothel Whore, 
Tbil ihe defies all Cbmers, at her Door. . ' 

H J Well, 



j 



«f4 J V VENAL. Sat.X. 

Well, 7et fuppoft his ScnCn tre hit own, '* 

He lives to be chiet Mourner far his Son : \ 

Before his Ftoe his Wife tnd Brother bums} 

He numbers all bis Kindred in their Urns. - 

Theie are the Fines be pays for Kving ksogi ^ 

And dragging tedious Age in bis own %rmig: ^ 

Griefs alwajs Green, a Houfhold ftitt in Tenra^ 

Sad Pomps: A Tbrefhold tbrong'd withdailj Ken^ 

And Liveries of Black for length of Tears. 

Next to the Raven's Age, the Vylum " King 
Was longefl; liv'd of any two-legg'd Things 
Bleft, to defraud the Grave ib l^^i to mount 
His '3 number'd YearSf and on his right-hand conati 
Three hundred Seaibns, guxHng Muft of Wine: 
But. hold a while, and hear hinaielf repine 
At Fate*s Unequal Lawsi and at the Clue 
Which, H roercilefs in length, the midmoft Sifter dicw^ 
When his Brave Son upon the FmiVal Pyic 
He (aw extendedi and his Beard on Fire; 
He rurn'd, and weeping, aik'd his Friends, what Ciii 
Had curs'd his Age to this unhappy Time? 

Thus mourn'd OU fdtm for AMXks £ ' 
'And thus Ufyjfis' Father did compbun. 
How fortunate an End had Frkm nuide» 
Among his Anoeftors a mighty Shade, 



T2 Ne/l§r King of ^ytms i 
who was )oo Tears old, ac- 
cording to H§mir*» Account, 
at leaft, at he is uodexfiood 
by hit Eipoflcois. 

1} The Ancieoti counted 
by thcii Fingcct. Their Ltfi 
Hands feivM 'em *dU they 
came up to an Hno^red* Af- 
icx that they us*d the 



ro eiprds all grsmcr IIhi- 

DCft. 

14 The Fatt* weic thasa Si- 
fteif , who had all fome pcen- 
liai BuGoefs aingu'd them by 
the Poets, in relation to the 
Lives of Men. The F lift held 
the DiftalFs the Sceond Ijftm 
the Th«ai» tmi ahc Third 



5a T. X. JVFEN JL. 

While JV^ jtt ftood: When HAr with the Rice 

Of Royal Bafiards might his FuQ'ral grace: 

Amidft the Tetrs of Tir^w Dames iourn'd* 

And by ius Loyal Daughters truly mourn'd ! 

Had Heav'n ib bleft him, he had dy'd before 

The fatal Fket to SfMtia PMrh bore. 

But mark what Age produced i he liv'd to fie 

His Town in Flames, his falling Monarchyr 

In fine, the feeble Sire, reduc*d by Fate, 

To change his Scepter for a Sword, too late^ 

His M laft Effort before Jwi^s Altar tries i 

A Soldier half, and half a SacriBot : 

Falls like an Ox, that waits the coming Blow; 

Old and unprofitable to the Plough. 

At '^ leaft, he dy'd a Man, his Queen tatm*d. 
To howl, and in a Barking Body liv'd. 

I haflen to our own i nor will relate 
Great ^7 Miihr'uLues, and Rich '^ Crotfus' Fates 
Whom SoUn wiicly Couniell'd to attend 
The Name of Happy, till he knew his End. 



Iff 



15 Whiift Tfy was Sacktog 
by the Cmkjy Old King Pri- 
am is faid to have Buckled on 
his Axmour, to oppofe 'em. 
Which he had no foonerdone, 
bat he was met by Fyrrhmj 
and flain before the Temple 
of Jafittfi in his own Palace, 
as we have the Story finely 
told, in Virgil^% 2d i/£.ntid, 

16 Htcmhdiy his Queen, ef- 
capcd the Swords' of the Crg- 
tumtt and oat*liv*d him. It 
ftems, flic behaved her felf fo 
fiercely g^d une/iUly to hex 
Hosband^ir Murderers while 
fte lived, that the Poets 
thought fit- to turn hex into a 
Mifthi whca ibe djf'd^ 



17 Mithriddtesf after he had ' 
difputed the Empire of the 
World for 40 Years together 
with the T^mdHs^ was at 1 aft 
depriv'd of Life and Empire 
by Ptmfty the Great. 

IS CrafttSi in the mid(V of 
his Profperity, making his 
Boaft to SoUnt how tiappy 
he was, receiv*d this Anfwex - 
from the Wife Man, That 
no One could pronounce 
himfelf Happy, 'till he faw 
what his End (hould be. The 
Truth of this Crmfm foond, 
when he was put in Chains 
by On»/» and condemned to 
dic^ 

That 



iftf JUVENAL. Sat.X. \ 

That limm wis tn Exile, that be fled, 
Was uVn, in Ruia'd Carihtip begg'd his Bread* 
All the(e were owing to a Life too long: j 

For whom hid Romf beheld fo Happy, young! f^ 

High in Hb Chariot, and with Lawrd Crown'd^ -^ 

When he had led the dmhum Captives round -j 

The Bioman Streets » defcending firom bis State, | 

In that blcft Hour he (hould have begg'd his Fatei i 

Then, then, he might have dy'd of all tdmirMy t 

And his triumphant Soul with Shouts expired. - 1 

CampMiM, >9 Fortune's Malice to prevent* . | 

To Vompty an indulgent Favour (ent : 
But publick Pray'rs impos'd on Heav'n, to give 
Their muchlov'd Leader an unkind Reprieve 
The City's Fate and his confpir'd to five 
The Head, referv'd for an Igypt'mn Slave. 

Cethegus^ 20 though a Traytor to the Stite^ 
And tortur'd, 'fcap'd this Ignominious Fate: 
And Sergim, *» who a bad Caufe bravely try'd. 
All of a Picce» and undiminifh^d, dy'd. 

To Venus y the fond Mother makes a PrayVt 
That all her Sons and Oaughtcrs may be Fair: 
True, for the Boys a mumbling Vow ftie fends i 
But for the Girls, the vaulted Temple rends; 
They muft be finifh'd Pieces: 'Tis allowed 
Dianas Beauty made Latma Proud: 



19 Pamper, in the midft of 
his Gloiy, fell into a dan- 
gerous Fk of Sickncfs, at Na^ 
fles, A great many Cities then 
madepublirk Supplications for 
him. He recorercd, was bea- 
beaten at PhM-fntU, fled to Ptt- 
i§my King of •/£.gi>t ; and in- 
field of xecciving Piotcftion 



at his Court, had his Heal 
ft ruck off by his Oxdcx, 19 
pleafe Csfur, 

11 Cethfus was one that 
conipir'd with CutUint^ and 
was pat to Death by the Se- 
nate. 

Ami 




. X/ JUVENAL. Iff 

tmfdf to fte dbe froodring PMpk jnj 
Ncw-rifiif Sifter of the Dty. 
jet iMtntii^ Pate wou'd bar that Vow: 
ir *» Virgmm wou'd ha Fate beftow 
tUsi add change her FaoUeis Make 
; foul Rumple of her Camel-back, 
for hia Mother'a Boy, the Beau, what 
reota hire by Day, what anxious Nighti! 
lohiVl with Virtne is a Sight too nre; 
is no Epithet to fint with Fair. 
B the fime Tiradkiooary Strain 
;id Manners, in the Houie remam$ 
ate Troth, an oU plam Sshiu'i Hearty 
b that Nature, too, hasdooe her parti 
into his Sod a ibber Grace, 
ilht a modeft BkMd into his Face 
Yatore is a better Guardian fiv, 
iwcy Pedants, or doU Tutws are: ) 
J the Youth muft ne'er arrire at Man; 
ach Ahnighty Bribes, and Preicnts, can:^ 
rith a Parent, where Pre(wafiom hul, 
is impudent, and will prevail 
never read of fuch a Tyrant King 
dt a Boy deform'd, to hear him Sing, 
ffv, in his more kunirious Rage, 
ide a Miftrefi of an ugly Page: 
his Spoufe, nor crooked was, nor kme, 
xwnrain Back, and Belly, from thetysme 
arr^d: But both his Sexes well became. 



tfghud «u kiU'd by 
i Father, to picvest 
f expofcd to the Loft 
wi lUtMut who had 
asaponhcr.Thc Stoiy 
I k in Iri^^s Thiid 



Book 3 and *tis a tematkaMe 
one, as it gave occafioa to 
the patting down the Power 
of the Dttmn/iri \ of whOA 

ugpfMw was oaC| 

CoJ 



158 JUVENAL, Sat* 

Go, boift your Sfnuffik by hit Betoqrcwft 
To Ilk; nor chink I hare dedar'd the woift} 
His Form procims htm Joonicy-wort:} a Strift 
Betwixt Town Mtdvnt, aod the Merchtat'f Wife: 
Guefi, when he nnclertakci this pablick. War* 
What furious Beafts oftoded Cuckotds ire. 

Adtik'rcrs arc with Dtngcrs round bdeti 
Bom under Umtt^ thay cannot 'icape the Net^ 
And from revengeful Husfaiadsoft havetry'd 
Worie handling, than ievcreft Laws provide: 
One ftabsi one flaflies \ on^ with cruet AEt» ■ 
Makes Colm (u£(er for the peccant Pftrt 

But your Bu^mmms, your fmooth^ fmock-ii^d Bo; 
UnrivaUV), ihalia beauteous Danieeajoy: 
Not (b: One more Salacfoos, Rich, and Old* 
Out'bids, and buys her Pltafore for her Gold: 
Now he muft moil, and drudge, for one he leathf.: 
She keeps him high, in Eqatpage and Cbdicf : 
She pawns her Jewda, and her rich Attire* 
And thinks the Worlunan worthy of his Hane: 
In all things elie immoral, fHngy, mean^ 
But, in her Lufts, a coolb'onahle Qncan. 

She may be haadfbm. yet be cfaafte, yen fay: - 
Good Obfervator, not it^ taft away : 
Did it not cofl: the ^3 modeft Youth his Life^ 
Who (hunn*d th'Embraces of his Father's Wife \ 
And was not t'other 24 Stripptiog foic'd to flp. 
Who, coldly, ^ his Patron's Qtfen de»y » 
AikI pleaded Laws of Hefpsialiry? 



21 Hi^^olitust the Son of 
Thefms, was Iov*d by his Mo- 
thcx-in-Law Phsdra. But he 
■ot compljring with her, ibc 
piocnred his- Death. 

24 BtUir9fh9n<, the Soil of 

King (7l4#Ki»i, seiidiDg fome 



time at the Court of 
King of the sArtiyti 
Ql^een, StbtnoSsd, fell 11 
with him. Bnthertfi^ 
At turned the Ac^uJGitif 
oa him } and * kt n$ 
id&ap*4 Pjra/f Tcag^ 



Sat. X. JUVENAL. if^ 

The Lidiei dMUg'd 'an Irnne, «id toro'd the Tak: 
With Shame they reddea'd, and with Spigbt grew pah^ 
'rb daDg'roustodeojthekmpiig Damc^ 
She lofa Pit7, who hw loft bar Shaoac 

Now ^f SXm wantf tfajr Gooniel* give Advkc^ 
Wed <Uft^% Wife» or diej the Choice is nice. 
Her Coaiet-£jc8 iKe darta on cyVj Grace} 
And takea a ftcal Liking to hii Face. 
Adorn'd with. Bridal Ponip (he fits in State) 
The Publick Ndtarka and Anrffix wait: 
The Xjenial Bed ii m the Garden dieft : 
The Pdrdon paid, and ef'ry Rite expreff'db 
Which in a SMaaaa Marritge is profeft. 
*Tu no ftol'n Wedding, tl» > re jedtiog Awe^ 
She fcoms to marrj, hot in Fom of Law: 
In this Moot-cafe, year Judgment: To refiife 
Is prefent Death, befides the Night jou )o&i 
If yon conient, U hardly worth your pain^ 
A Day or two of amioas Lifie you gain: 
TiU loud Reports tkoogfa aU the Town have paftv 
And reach the Mnoe: For Cnckolds hear the bit 
Indulge thy^Pkifare^ Youth, and take thy fwiogr 
For not to take, is but the fclt-iinic thing ; 
Inevitable Death before thee Hess 
But looks more kndly tfaraogh a Lady's Eyes. 

What then remains ? Are we depriv'd of Will 
Mud: we not wiOi, for fear of wilhing 111? 
Receive my Couaiei, and iecurely move ; 
Imruft thy Fortune to the Pew'rs above, 

with all the Fonnalities of » 
yfcddiiig,whilft ClmdmsCafar 
was SacxUicijig at H§fiU, Upon- 
his retain, he put both Si- 
tins and her to Death. 



If Mtjfdlimdt Wifis to the^ 
Baiperoc ctMudimtt Inftanoos 
fet her LevdneCs. She ftt het 
Ijcs upon C, Silmst a fine 
Tomb s fbfc*d him to quit his 
an Wif% and Many hec 



Leave 



i(Jo J U F E N J L. Sat. 

Letve them to manage for thee, aod to gnnt 
What thdr tmerring WHBoin fces thee Want: 
In Goodnefs as in Greatneit they eicdi 
Ah that we bir'd our kkrtt hot hatf lb well ! 
We, bHndly by our headftroDg Paffions kd» 
Are hot for Aftion, and defire to Wed} 
Then wifh for Heirs: But to the Gods alone 
Oar iiitare 0£F-ipriDg» and oor Wives, are known; 
Th'audacioas Stnimpet. and ungracioiis Son. 

Yet, not to rob the Priefts of pious Gain, 
That Ahars be not wholly buik in vaioi 
Forgive the Gods tiie reft, and ftand cottfin*d 
To Health of Bodj, and Content of Mind: 
A Sool, that can ucurdy Death defie» 
And connt it Nature's Privilege to die i 
Serene and manly, hardned to fuftain 
The Load of Life, and ezerds'd nt P^in ; 
GniltleiiC^ Hate, and Piroof agatnft Defire; 
That all things weighs, and nothing can admin; 
That dares prefer the Tdb of Htretdis 
To Dalfiaoce, Banquets, and ignoble Eaft. 

The Path to Peace is Virtue : what I (bow, 
Thy felf may freely on thy ielf beftow : 
Fortone was never worfhipp'd by the Wiie^ 
But, fet aloft by Fools, uforpsthe Skies. 




ywf 



i 




/-. /rf> ■ 



[><>3 




J U F E N A L 



THE 



ELEVENTH SATYR: 



I 



hyMx.lFILLIjIM C N G R E F E. 

The ARGUMENT. 

Itbt D^gm of_ ibis Satyr is to exfofe and nfrehtmJL 

M wummer af InUmperana and Debauchery 'j bui 

more partiemlarly touches that exorbitant uuxmry 

ufed ty the Romans, in their Feajlin^. The Poet 

iravss the Occafionfrom an Invstatton^ which he 

here maiei to his Friend^ to Dine with him ; very 

artfully preparing hint^ with what he was to ex* 

feh from his Treaty by beginning the Satyr with 

a Particular Inve&ive againft the f^anityanU Folly 

^ fome PerfonSy who having but mean Fortunes 

in the tVorld, attempted to live up to the height 

rfMen of great Eftates and Quality. He Jhews 

nsy the miserable End of fuch Spend-thrifis and 

Gluttons ; with the Manner anaCourfes^ which 

they took to bring tbemfelves to it ; advijing Men 

f live within aoumds^ and to proportion their In-^ 

clinations to the Extent of their Fortune. He 

gives 



i6t JUVENAL. Sat.: 

gtves bis Friend a Bill cf Fare^ €f the Emiirt 
mem be bos provided fir Urn; smdjromtb 
takes •ecafiom to refled t^m tbe Temferm^e^ 
Frmgitlity ef tbe Gremteft- M^m^ im former A^ 
To wbi$b be^ oppofes the Riot and Intemperam 
tbejfreftnt ; atiribntingto tbe latter a vifible 
mijnefsj im. the Care of Heaven over tbe Roi 
State, He injiances fome lewd Pra&ices a$ t 
Feafts^ and by tbe by, totubes the Nobility^ i 
making Vice and Debancbery tbe cbiefoji of i 
Pleafires. He concludes vfitb a repeated Im 
tiom to bis Friend ; adnifiaig bim. (tm. o w p^ 
lar fomewhat freely) to a negleS of all Cares 
DifyuietSj far tie prefenl i OMd^^msukr^tL^ 
PleafarHj for thefuiMro. 

rNbMe > Atticus make plenteoHi Fnftiy 
And wicb kixariocts Pood indulge U^Giidh^ 
His Wealth and Quality fupport the Treat i 
In fahir nor h it iMxufy, bit Stuto* 
But when poor » Rutilns ipends all hit Worth* 
la hopet of fettiog one good Dinner forth } 
•Tis down-right Madncfs j for what greater Jtfih 
Than Begging Gluttons^ or than Btggan Ttafts t 

Bat Kntilat is (b notorious grown, - 
That he's the Common Theme of all the Tbwm 

A Mao, in his foil Tide of Youthful Biood» 
Able for Arms, and for his Cduntry's good ; 

t The Name of a very emi- 1 ihamefal Degree of foi 



fcffba in\«;»#i But here 
k it meant to figoify aay one 
of gtcac Wealth and Quality, 
a One who by his own ea- 
Cfafagant Gluttony* waa at 
length xeduc'd to the moft 



Thit likewifc it here na< 
of, as aConunoA Name 
Beggarly Gluttons, (ach \ 
untoiUbnable Afpetkean 
aftec thcic fiftata axe c 
mcd.. 



Sjct. XI. JV FE N AL. \6\ 

UrgM iby no Pow'r» reftrain'd by no AdvicCt 
But following his own inglortoos Choice, 
lloogft conamon Vmetrst Pradiics the Trade: 
That End debafiag, for which Artm were made^ 
Jtmst which to Man ne'er-dying Fame afford! 
Bat his BtfgtMei is owing to his Sword, 
Many there are of the (ame 4 wretched Kind» 
Whom their die(pairing Qreditors may find 
Larking in Shambles » where with borrow'dCoin 
They boy choice Meats, and in cheap Plenty dine: 
. Ssch, whole fole Blifi is Eatings who can give 
But that one Bratal Realbn why they live. 
And yet what's ndore ridiculooi: Of theie 
The pooreft Wretch, is flill moft hard to pleaiei 
And he, whoie thin transparent Rags declare 
How much his tatter'd Fortune wants Repair* 
WouM nnfack ev'ry BUmentj for Chdoe 
Of erlry f\(h and Fowl, at any Price i 
If brought from £nr, if very dear has coft> 
It has a Fkrour then, which pbafes moftg 
And be di^ours it with a greater Guft. 

In Riot thus, while Money lafts, he fivef» 
And that exhaufted» ftiU new Pkdges gives t 



3 Somctiffles Terfoos were 
compclPd, bf theTynumyof 
JRir», to piaftiie the Trade of 
Fencing, and to Fight upon 
the Stage, fbi his inhoman 
Divcfiion} ocherwiie, feldom 
ai^ bat commoa Slaves oi 
condemn*d Malefaftors were 
fo employ'd : Which made ic 
the greater Kefle&ion on aoy 
fedon, who either volnataiUy, 
ox forced by his own Extiava- 
gaoc^ fi» a Lifdihoo4 (like 



Ttmtiim) apply*d hbnfelf t# 
that wretched State. 

-— T(^fird$m*d hy ru %Advlcim 
Hinting, that though he was 
not compell*d to (iich a Pf a- 
Ake of Fencing j yet ii was a 
Shame that he was fiiffei'd to 
andeitake it, and not adfifcd^. 
or commanded by the Ma- 
gtftracy, to the contrary. 

4 Knu Reduced to Poveity 
by Riotoos Uf kg. 

Till 



f 

164 JUVENAL. Sat. XI. { 

Till forc'd of mcer Neceflhj. to eat. f 

He comes to ptwn bis Diih to buy his Meati F 

Nothing of Silver or of Gold he fpares, 5^ 

Not what his Mother's (acred Image beiri \ ^ 

The broken ' Relick he with fpeed devour«» f 

As he wou'd all the reft off Anceftors. } 

If wrought in Gold, or if expos'd to Safe. 
They'd pay the Price of one iMxmkm l/b^L 
Thus certain Ruin treads upon his Heels, 
The Stings of Hunger, (boo* and Want he fecbl 
And thus is he reduc*d at length, to firve 
Fencers, for mi(erable Scraps, or ftarve. 

Imagine now, you (ee afplendid Feaft : 
The Queftion is, at whole Expence 'tis dieft. 
In great ^ Vknt'tdius^ we the BMMtfy prize} 
In RmiluSi the Vtuity de^fe. 
Strange Ignorance I That the fime Man. who knowa 
How far yond' Mount above this Mok-lull fiiowi» 
Shou'd not perceive a difference as great* 
Between (mall Incomes and a vaft Eftatei 
From Heav*n, to Mankind, (ure. that Role wia leo^ 
Of Knowthjf Self^ and by fome God was meant 
No be our never-erring Tiht here. 
Through all the various Courlb, which we fleer. 
Therfies 7 , tho' the moft prefumptuous Griik» 
Yet duril not for Achillis* Armour fpeaki 

Whea 



5 Broken, or defaced ; that 
it might not bedifcover'd to be 
his Mother's Fidiue, when ex- 
posed to Sale. 

€ A noble7^;»4», who liv*d 
hofpitablj. 

7 An Impudent, Defbrm'd 
IH-Tongu'd Fellow (as Ii§mcr 
defcubcs hioiy IlUd 2.) who 



accompany^ the OrtdM Ai- 
my to the Siege of Tr9y i whew 
he took a Pririlege often 10 
rail and fnarle at the Com- 
manders. Some xclare, that 
at laft Achilles, for his Sav* 
cinefs, kill*d him with a Blov 
ofhisFrft. Therefore we in 
not to ufldeiftand frnftusl. 



!at. XI. JUVENAL. i6f 

fhea ibtfcc ' Ufyps had a good pretence* 

^ith all th'adrantage of his Eioqunut, 

'ho-e*er attempts weak Caufes to fupport, 

xght to be very fiire, he's able fbr't i 

id not miftake ftroog Lungs and Impudence, 

r Hannony of Words, and Force of Sen(e: 

w/f mify mdk9 jiittmpts k^fmd their Skilly 

mfm ifUm's HwYs tht Lhmt of bis 101L 

If Fortune hu a Niggard been to thce^' 

STOte thy le!f to Thrift, not iMxtny: 

id vnfkAj make that kind of Food thy Cb«ce» 

9 ^xrhich Ncceffitj confines thy Price. 

'dl may they fear (bme miierable End. 

Iiom Gluttony and Want, at once, attends 

fhofc large voradous Throats have fwaUow*d jiB, 

3th Laod and Stock, IntVeft and Principal: 

^ell may they fear, at length, vile SFcllu^s Fate, 

^ho ibid his very Ring, to purchafe Meat; 

nd tho' a Kmgin^ 'mongft common Slaves now ftands 

eQ;iiig an Abns, with undiftinguiflit Hands. 

ore foddea Death to fuch fl!Ou*d welcome be^ J 

Hk whom, each added Year heaps Mifery, V 

oom. Poverty, Reproach, and Infamy. j 

exe, as relating a matter of I t Themoft Bloqneiitof all 
afti but r^rr/S^fi is asM here, I the CncUn Fxincet. After 



> iigoify anybody of the fame 
iad : As before, sAtticms and 
\giUmm The Meaning is, that 
3ch as he ought not (neither 
rould he, had he been pre- 
BBC) havepiefoaiedto oppofe 
djsx nod Vfyfet in contend- 
og Ibx ^Mhiiiu his Axmeor. 
iee his Chaiafter admirably 
mpiov*d hf Mi. Drjdtih in 
us Txagedy of tmkfHm4t99 



^chilUs*s Death, v/<;4x a fam'd 
Gncian Wartior pretended to 
his Armoorj Vlyffis oppofed 
him, before a Council of War, 
and by his admirable Elo- 
quence obtain* d the PrijECi Ov» 
Met, ij. 

9 Brought to that pafs, by 
hisGlnctany; that he was for- 
ced to fcU his Ring, the Mark 
of Honour and Diftinftioa 
woin hjT^okm Knights. 



x66 JUVENAL. Sa«. XI 

Bat there ire ftepi in ViDanf, which thefe 
Obierve to tread and follow, by degrees. 
Money they borrow, tnd from all that Iend» 
Which, never meaning to rettore, they ^nd % 
But that and their fmatl Stock of Credit gone. 
Left RMve Hwu'd grow toowarm, from thence they 19a: 
For of late Years 'tis no more Scandal grown. 
For Debt and floguery to quit the Town, 
Than in the midft of Summer's fcorching Heat, 
From Crouds and Noife and Bufinels to rcticac. 
One only Griqf (iich Fugitives can find \ 
ReAeding on the Pleafures left behind ; 
The Plays and loofe Diverfions of the Phice: 
But not one BIuOi appears for the Di(graoe. 

Ne'er was of Modefty fb great a Dearth, 

Jhut ont vf Cotuu^HMaci VtrtM^sfodfrmn Bmib i 

Baffled, expoi'd to Ridicule and Scorn, 

She's wirh ^''Aflr^a gone, ne'er to return. 
This Day, ray " Ferficus^ thou (hak perceive 

Whether my fcif I keep thofe Rules I give. 

Or elfe an unfufpc^ied Gluiton live j 

If mod'rate Fare and AbfHnence I prize 

In pttblick, yet in private CrnnMndiz^, 

BfvofiJtrs ' * Fcaft revived, to-day thoult ice i 

The poor Evsndir, I, and thou (halt be 

jllcides^i and Mneas both to me. 

10 The Goddeft of Juftice, I unluckily killing his F: 
whom the Poets feign to htve I focfodc his own Conntx] 
fled to Heav'n afitei the Gol- 1 came into Jt4Uy i fetdh 
den Age. I that place, wheie efta 

VUimii CmUfium Terras ^- I T^me was built. Virgil^ 



firsd TiUquit, Ovid. 

1 1 Jmv€nsC%^t'mAi to whom 
he makes an Invitation, and 
addielTes this Satyr. 

II A JPxiace 9f*ArMdia, who 



t. tells us that he CMCt 
both Htrmies tnd t/£intt. 
he was in alow Coodiik 
I) Hifotlttt Co qrfled 
his GiandMiei yilf^mt* 



Set. XL yVVENjtyL 167 

Mean-timfi I find 700 now your Bill of Eirei 

Be not iurprhi'd* that 'tis «U homdj cheer; 

Far nothing from the Shamblci I provide. 

But from my own fmall Firm, the tender'^ Kid, 

And Fatteft of my Flock, a SftcUim yet. 

That ne'er iiid NooriAiment, but ftom the Tcati 

No bitter AVilbw-tops have been its Food, 

Scarce Grafs » its Veins have more of Milk than Blood* 

Next that, (ball Mouneain 'Sfars^gus be laid, 

PuK'^ by-ibme phio, but cleanly Country- Maid. 

The lacgeft Cggs, yet warm within the Ned, 

Together with the Hens which laid 'em, dreft $ 

Clttfters of Grapesy prcierv'd for half a Year, 

Which, plompand fVefli as on the Vines appears 

Apples, of a ripe Flavour, frefh and fair. 

Mist with the Sp^m and the Signisu Pear, 

Mellow'd by Winter from their cruder Juice, 

Light of Digeftion now, and fit for uie. 

Such Fo6d as this, wou'd have been heretofore 
Accounted Riot, in a Stnatw : 
^hen thftgood ^^Curius thought it noDifgrace, 
With his own Hands, a frw fmall Herbs to drcfs; 
And from his little Garden cull'd a Peaft, 
Which fetter'd Slaves wou'd now difliain to tafle; 
, For (carce a Slave, but has to Dinner, now. 
The well-drefa'd ^s Paps of a fiit pregnant Sow. 

Bat heretofore 'twas thought a fumptuous Treat, 
On Wrth-Days, Feftivals, or Days of State, 
'A^fiit dry PKreh'of Bacon to prepare s 
If they Ind frefh Meat, 'twas delicious Fare! 



T4 Cmrims Dmtdius, a great 
Manwho had been three times 
Confiil of T^Mic, and had tri- 
umph'd over many Kings { yet 
as gicat an Example of Tem- 



perance as Courage. 

X5 A Oiih in great Efteem 
among the '^ma»s. 

— — Nii Vulva fftlcrms <«ii»- 
f/4« Horat. 

Which 



■tfS yUFENAL. Sat. XI. 

Which rardy happen'd» and 'twas highlf prit'd 
If 1^ ought was lefc of what they Sacrific'd. 
To Entertaiamenti of this kind, wou'd come 
The Worthieft and the Greateft Men in BMit i 
Nay. ieldom any at (iich Treats were leen. 
But thofi who hid at leaft thrice ^7Qomffds beeni 
Or the >^ DUiator^s Office had difcharg'd. 
And now from Honourable Toil enlarg'd. 
Retired to Husband and Manure their Land, 
Humbling themielves to thofe they might Gommani 
Then might j'have leen the good old Gen'ral haflc^ 
Before th' appointed '9 Hour, to fuch a Feaft i 
His Spade aloft, as 'twere in Triomnh heldt 
Proud of the Conqueft of (bme fturoom Field. 
'Twas then, when pioos C&nfids bore the Swaj» 
When Vice diicourag'd, pale and tranhling hj. 



x6 If theykilPd a Stciifice, 
«nd aoy Flefli lemtinM to 
fpaie, it was pciz'd as an ac- 
cidental Rarity. 

17 By the Tyranny of T^r- 
^ninint SttftHmst (the lift 1^- 
nuin King) the very Name of 
King became hateful to the 
People. After his Ezpulfion, 
they alTembled, and rcfolf *d to 
commit the Gofemment, for 
the future, into the Hands of 
two Perfbns, who were to be 
chofen every Tear anew, and 
whom they call'd c§nfmts, 

IS Diffafr was a General 
chofen upon fome cmeigent 
Occaiioni his Office was li- 
mited for fix Months ) which 



time expired (ifoecafionwoe 
they chofe another, or coati 
noed the fam^ by a new 1 
leftion. The DiBtiif diftn 
in nothing from a King, In 
in his Name, and the Das 
tion of his Authority: H 
Power being fiill as great, bi 
his Name not fo hatcfol I 
the '^mtMs, 

19 It was accounted Greed 
ncfs, and ihameful, to eat h 
fore the ufual Hoar, which m\ 
their Ninth Hour; and m 
three a Clock , Aftemooi 
But uponFeftival Days, tttn 
permirted chem to prerenttb 
ordinary Hour \ and ahrs] 
deniable ia old People, 



Oi 



XI. yVFENJL. 169 

tnfirs tfaeo were fubjeft to the LaWt 

»V it felf, $f ftifiicifiood in awt. 

at» then, a IUismv's anxious Thought, 

rgeft Tortoife-Sbells were to be bought* 

'earls might of the greateft Price be hadt 

ing Jewels to adorn his^' Bed, 

at vaft Expence might loll his Head. 

3 his Couch, and only rich his Miodi 

sdljT he flept, as cheaply, as he din'd. 

Ker then, ia^^GrdeUn Arts unski]l'd« 

ig ric& with Plunder, from the Field: ^ 

of Silrer, or of Gold he broughtt 

wds (iet, and exquifitdy wrought, 

ous Tirappings ftreight the- Plate he tum'd,' 

[h the ghtt'ring Spoil his Horle adoni'd i 

I Hdmet for himfelf he made, 

rarioas warlike Figures were inlaid: 

nan IVolf (bckling the ^3 Twins was therej 

\rs himfelf, arm'd with his Shield and Spear* 



nffs were two great ^ 
»' part of whofe Boil- 1 
f CO inrpeft the Lives 
innezs of Men \ they 
»wei even to degrade 
: and ezdade Senaton, 
uilty of gceat MKHe- 
s: And in former Days 
re To fiiift, that they 
I awe one of another. 
be manner of the 7^0- 
itifig, was to lye npon 
r Conches about the 

which foimexly were 
)f plain Wood, but af- 
s at great Expence, a- 

with ToicoiTc-Shells, 



Pearls^ and Ivory. 

22 The T^mnnr copied theft 
Luxury from the Grftki i the 
imitation of whom, was a- 
moDg them as faOuonable, as 
of the French among uf. Whicb 
occailons this Saying, with (a 
mnch Indignation in oux Poet» 
S4t. 3. 

Grscdtn Vrbem — — ■• 
%%'K •mulms and T^mus^ Twins* 
and Founders of the 7(um» 
Empire} whom the Poets feign 
wetenutftbyaWolf: TheW9- 

maa*s Name bosg Lttfo. 






I 



170 JV VENAL. Sat, 

Hov'ring aWe his Cicfti did dreadful (how* 

Ai threatniag Death to each refiftiog Foe. 

No u(e of Silver, but ia Arms, was known s 

Splendid they were in War, and there abne. 

No SIde-botfds, then, with ^Ided Phte were drefi'di 

No fweadng Slaves, with maflive Difhes pitfi'd \ 

£xpenfive Riot was not nnderfiood. 

But Earthen Hatters held their homelj Food. 

Who wou'd not envy them, that Age of Blifi, 

That fees with flume the Luxmj^i This? 

HtKiin wmtwui iheih did Blejfin^s fMr, 

Andpitym^ JovtfaretM tMch dsmf^nus H^uri 

Mmkind wen ibm fMrnUigr with tin Gni, 

Jit fnuff^d ththr Jnanft with m gnuioms Ntd: 

And wou*d haiv9 fill ham hotmtittts, s$ §f OU* 

Hud we mi left him fer fhMt Idol, Geld. 

His Geldtn^^StMtues^ hencethe God have driv'n: 

Tor well he knews, where etir Devotion's giv*n» 

'77j Gold we Wfrjhip, though we pray to Heav'tt, 

Woods of our own afforded Tables then, 

Tho' none can pleafe us now but from ^afMn, 

Invite my Lord to Dine, aud let him have 

The niceft Di(h his Appetite can aave» 

But let it on an Oaken Board be fet. 

His Lordfhip will grow fick, and cannot eat : 

Something's aroifs, he knows not what to thinkt 

Either your Ven/on*s rank, or ^s Ointments dink. 

Order fi>me other Table to be brought, 

Something, at great Expencein India bought. 



24 Formerly the Statues of 
the Gods were made of Clay : 
But now of Gold. Which Ez- 
travagflnce was difpleaHng e- 
ven to the Gods thcmfclves. i 



25 The l{pmdni nCcd to 
noint themiclves with if 
Ointments, at their fei 
immcdiatciy aftex baduofi 



Bene 



Jat.xl jv venal. 171 

Beneath whoft Ori» hrge yawning Fanihers lie» 

Offv'd on rich Pedeftals oi^^lvwy: 

He finds no more of that o&nfive Smell* 

The Meat recovers, and my Lord grows well. 

An Ir'ry Table it a certain Wheti 

Ton would not think how heanily hell eaC» 

As if new Vigour to his Teeth were (ent. 

By SjmfMthy from thole o' th' ^rfhmit. 

But iiich fine Feeders are no Guefls for me: 
Riot agrees not with Frugality » 
Then, that unfaibionable Man am I, 
With me they'd ftarve. for want of Ivory : 
For not one Inch does my whole Houie afford. 
Not in my very T^/e/, or Chifs hoards 
Ot Bone, the Handles of my Knives are made. 
Yet no ill Tafte from thence a£fe£ls the Blade, 
Or what I carve; nor is there ever left 
Any anftv'ry Haui-gouJI from the Hafr. 

A hearty Welcome, to plain wholfbme Meat,^ 
Yoo'U find, but (erv'd up in no formal Aate i 
No Siw'rst nor dextrous Carvirs have I got. 
Such as by skilful ^7 Tryfherus are taught: 
In wboie fam'd Schools the various Forms appear 
Of Fifbes, Beafts, and all the Fowls o' th' Air ; 
And where, with blunted Knives, his Siholars kara 
How CO difled;, and the nice Joints difcern i 
While all the Ndghb'rhood are with Noife opprefi:« 
From the harih Carving of his wwJtn Feafti 
On me attends a raw unskilful Lad, 
On Fragments fed, in homely Garments clad. 
At once mj Oirvtr, aid mj^Gsmfmedei 

x6 Ivory was io great efteemt vlngs who taught publicklyia 
amoogthem, and piefcn'd to I Schools. Of this kind^ Try» 
Silvec I fi^nv' was the moft Famous* 

17 There were int^omi^ Pio- 1 at Cup-bcaxcr| 
feffoit of the Alt of Cas- 1 

la ^'taok 



ijt JUVENAL. Sat. XI 

With dHigence hell (erve us while we dine* 
And in plain Beechen Veilels fill our Wine. 
No Beauteous Bo/s I keep, from^9Fkrffis faroughtf 
Ko OUa/mtejt by ihameful Fantlars taught: 
Only to me two home-bred Youthrbebng, 
Unskill'd in any but their Mother-Tongue } ) 

Alike in Feature both, and Garb appear. 
With honefl; Faces, tho' with uncurrd Hair. 
This Day thou (halt my Rural Pages £», 
For I have dref&'d 'em both to wait on thee. 
Of Country Swains they both were bom, and onfl 
My Pl»U£hman*3 is, t'other my Skefbnd'i Son » 
A chearful Sweetncfs in his Looks he hat. 
And Innocence unartful in his Face : 
Tho' (bmetiroes Sadnefs will o'er-caft the Joy, 
And gentle Sighs break firom the tender Boy ; 
His abfence from his Mother, oft he'll mourn. 
And with his Eyes look Wifhes to return i 
Longing to fee his tender Kids, again. 
And feed his Lambs upon the flowry Pbio. 
A modeft BluHi he wears, not form'd by Art, 
Free from Deceit his Face, and full as free his Heart. 
Such Looks, fuch BaAifulne(s, might well adorn 
The Cheeks of Youths that are more Nobly born i 
But Noblemen thofe humble Graces fcorn. 
This Youth to-day (hall my fmall Treat attend. 
And only he with Wine (hall ferve my Friend, 
With Wine from his own Country brought, and made 
From the fame Vines, beneath whofe fruiiful Shade 
He and his wanton Kids have often play'd. 
But you, perhaps, cxpeA a modiih Feaft* 
With am'rous Songs and i^ wanton Dances grac'd ; 



} 



39 fhryita : Whence pretty 
Boys wcie hxonghc to l^onrf, 
and fold publickly in the Mai- 
Jkfrs, io vile ufies. 



tertainment, vhea great Men 
Feafled, was to have wantoa 
Women dance afkci a fafcivi- 
out manacs. 



I o Aa uTual pan o£ v'Wt lE.n.- \ Whcce 



Sat- XI. JUVENAL. 175 

Where (prightly Females* to the Middle bare, 
Trip lightly o'er the Ground, and firisk in Air; 
Whole pliant Limbs in various Poftures move, 
And twine and bound, as in the Rage of Love. 
Such Sights, the languid Nerves to Adlion (lir. 
And jaded Lufl fprings forward with this Spur. 
Virtues* would ihrink to hear this Lewdnefs told. 
Which Husbands, now, do with their Wives behold i 
A needful Help, to make *em both approve 
The dry Embraces of kmg- wedded Love. 
In Nuptial Cinders, this revives the Fire, 
And tunfi their mutual Loathing to Defire. 
But (he, who by her Sex's Chaner, muft 
Have doable Pkafure paid, feels double Lufl i 
Apace ihe warms with an immod'ratc Heat» 
Sb'ODgly her Bofbm heaves, and PuUes beat % 

% I Vinut woH^d Ihrink^ t9 hear this Lewdnefs Uld 
Which Husbands, nowt do with thetr Wives beheld^ 

Theft Lines in Jisvenalt 

Spe^dnt hes na^a, jtsxta mttbante marit^, 
Sued ftsdeat narrajje aUqnern frafemibms ipfis» 

m Tome late Editions, are pla- 
ced nearex rhe latter end of 
this Satyr: And in the order 



of this Tranflation, wouM To 
have followed, after Line 5,tf» 
in Page 176, vix^ 



Smch Shows as thefe were net for us dejigr^d^ 
Btst vii^reMs Touth f a£iive S forts enciin^d. 



Bat I hav« continued them in 
this Place after Lubin, Bcfides 
the Ejcample of the learned 
Holy day for the (ame Pofition ; 
agreeing better here, in my 
Mind, with the Senfc both be- 
fore and after. For the Me- 
galenjian Games conisfting 
chiefly of Kaces» and fuch 



like Ejcercifes 5 I cannot con* 
ceive where the extraordinary 
caufe of Shame lay in Female 
Speftators : But it was a ma^ 
nifeft Immodelly for *em to 
lye by their Husbands, and (ec 
the lewd Adionsof their owa 
Sex in the miuuicc dcicxib'd^ 

I 3 Wit*- 



I 



174 J V VENAL. SAT.Xt. 

With growing Cheeks, and trembling Lips (he Kes, 

With Arms expanded, and with naked Thighs, 

Sucking in PafTion both at ^ars and Eyes. 

But this becomes not me, nor my Efhtes 

Thefe are the vicious Follies of the Great. 

Let him who does on I/ry Tables dine, 

Whofe Marble Floors with drunken Spawlings ftiiaci 

Let him lafcivious Songs and Dances have : 

Which, or to fee, or har, the kwdeft Slave, 

The vileft Proditute in all the Stews, 

With Badiful Indignation wou'd refufe. \ 

But Fortune, there, extenuates the Crime ; \ 

What's Vice in me, is only Mirth in him: ' 

The Fruits which Murder, Cards, or Dice afibrd, 

A Vtfljd ravilh'd, or a Matron whor'd, 

Are laudable Diverfions in a Lord, 

But my poor Entertainment is defign'd 
T* afford you Pleafures of another kind: 
Yet with your Tafte your Hcas ing fliall be fed, 
And Homer's SaCTcd Lines, and Virgil's ready 
Eirher of whom does all Mankind excel, 
Tho' which exceeds the other, none can tell. 
It matters not with what ill Tone they're Sung; 
^Verie fo fublimely good, no Voice can wrong. 

Now then be all thy weighty Cares away. 
Thy Jealouiies and Fears, and, while you may, 
To Peace and fofc Repofe give all the Day. 
From Thoughts of Debt, or any workJly 111, 
Be free ; be all uneafy PaiTions flill. 
What tho* thy Wife do with the Morning Light, 
fWhen thou in vain hail toil'd and drudg'd all Night) 
Steal from thy Bed and Houfe, abroad to roam, 
/nd having quench'd her Flame, comes breathleb hofflC^ 
Fleck'd in her Face, and with difbrder'd Hair, 
Her Garments ruffledi and her Bofbm bare s 



It. XI. J WEN At. r7f 

di Ears ftill tingling, and her Eyes on fire> • 

f drawn'd in Sin, ftill burning in Defire : 

lilft jToa are fbrc'd to wink, and (eera content, 

dKi^ with Padion, which you dare not 7ent \ 

r, if you wou*d be free from Night-alarms, 

2 muft fieni fond, and doating on her Charms, 

Be her (the laft of Twenty} to your Arms. 

Let thts, and e/ry other anxious Thought, 

th' entrancrof nny Threfliold be forgot \ 

thy domeftick Griefs at home be left, 

e Wife's Adult'ry, with the Servants Theft; 

i Cthe mod racking Thought, which can intrude/ 

^ falfe Friends and their Ingratitude. 

Let us our peaceful Mirth at home begin, 

hi!e 12 Mtgaimfim Shows are in the n Orcm fien : 

ere (to the Bane of Horfb) in high State 

e )4 Vr4t9f (its, on a triumphal Seat : 

miy with Enf^s, and with Robes adom'd, 

if with Conquell, from the Wars return'd* 

H Day all Rmm, (If I may be allow'd, ^ 

ithont O£(eoce to fuch a num'rous Crowd, 

\ lay an IUy»#} will in the GirrMi fweatj 

Mi already do their Shouts repeat : 

sthmks I hear the Cry ^^^Away, twsfy\ 

f^SGnmhave won thi Honour of the Drf, 

Oh, 



IS Games in Honour of O- 
\ Ac Mother of the Gods. 
: vas call'd /jnytikM /utilirn^^ 
fi«Af4/«r, and from thence 
it Games Me^aU/ia, Of Lm" 
UtgiUimfm they begsin up- 
the 4th of ^fril^ and con* 
Ittd Bx Days. 

li The flace where rhofe 
iBies were celebrated. 
if An Offices not uoUkeonr 



Mayor or ShertC He was to 
overfee the(e Sports, and fate 
in great State, while they were 
aftiag I to the Deftruftion of 
many Hoifes, which wece fpoil- 
ed in running the Races. 

35 In running the Races ia 
the CircHSj with Horfes in Cha- 
riots, there were four diftinft 
Faftions, known by their Li- 
veries : Which were Gieen, a 
1 4 Vx^i 



176 JTJ VENAL. Sat.H. 

Oh, (hould thefi Sports be but one Year fbrborni 
2tf mr won'd in Tears her lov'd Diverfion moom ; 
For that would now a Caufe of 3^ Sorrow yield. 
Great as the lofs of l/Ovin^'s fatal TttU. 
Such Shows as theft were not for us defign'd. 
But vigorous Youth to a£tive Sports inclin'd. 
On Bois of 'Rojts ]aid« let us repoft. 
While round our Heads refrefhing Ointment flows $ 
Our aged Limbs well bask in fkuxbus* Rays^ 
And live this Day devoted to our Eafe. 
£arly to-day we'U to the B^ih kp^r. 
Nor need we now the common 3^ Cenfiue fear : 
On FeftivMls, it is allow'd no Crime 
To Bathe, and Eat^ before the ufual time: 
But that continued, wou*d a loathing give. 
Nor could you thus a Week together live: 
Tor, frequent Ufe would the I>dight exdudeji 
jUafun's M Tifih vhtn eonjhuitfy pur/u'J, 



kind of RulTet Ktd, White, and 
Blue. One of thefe Faftions 
•ris always favouiM by the 
Court, and at this time pro- 
bably the Green. Which oaakes 
«tu Poet fancy he hears the 
Shouts, foi Joy of theii Far- 
cy. Afterward DomitUn added 
two more, th e Golden and fur- 
pie Faftions. 

36 Keflefting on theinuno- 
dexate Fondneis the Tomans 



had foe [uch Shows. 

37 A fmall Town, nut 
which Hannibal obtained a 
great Viftory over the ^- 
mam : In that Battle wcic 
(lain 40000 Men, and fo m* 
ny Gentlemen that he Cent 
three Bulhels full of Rings ta 
Carthage^ as a Token of bit 
Viftoiy. 

38 See the Notes at H* 

IS* 



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«r".- 



[177 1 




J U (^ E N A Li 

THE 

TWELFTH SATY^^ 



By Mr. THOMAS POIVER, Fellow of 
7riW/^-ColIege in Cambridge, 



The ARGUMENT 

The Poet invites Corvinus to affijt at the ferfor^ 
mance of a Sacrifice he had P'ovid to the Gods^ 
and was now thankfully Offering up for the Safety 
of his Friend Catullus the Merchant^ who with 
the Lofs of his Goods ^ had efcap^d the double Dan-- 
ger of Fire and IVater. He profeffes the reality 
of his Friendjhip^ andthe Jincerity of his Intentions ; 
that what he did in this nature^ was without 
any Defign upon Catullus, or profpeS of Advan* 
tagefrom him^ who had three Children to leave 
his Eft ate to. And here taking the hint^ he jex^ 
ercifes his Satyrical Fein upon the Hsredipetss^ or 
Legacy 'Hunters J who made their Court to^ and 

I s largely 



178 yUFENJL. Sat.: 

largely frefentcd^ and in their Sicknefs Sacr 
fir the Health of Rich ChiUUefs Mem^ im 
' to be confider^d in their Will : Among the 
be Jingles ota one Pacuvius, a Fellow very 
irons at^ and notorious for^ this PraSice : 
concludes all with a Wifh for Pacuvius ; x 
fome covetous Perfons would think pUafant em 
iut rtally is a Curfe. 

THIS Day's, this joyful Day's Solemnity 
Do's with my Btnhdays more than equal fie: 
Of GralTie Turves the rural Altar's rear'd, 
Expea the Firftlings of the Flock a. d Herd s 
To Royal ■ Juno^ and the Warlike Maii^ 
Shall in a Lamb to each my Vows be paid; 
A Steer, of the firft Head in the whole Droves 
Reierve we iacred to ^ Tarpeian Jove: 
Forward he bounds his Rope's extended lengtbt 
With puOiing Front; proud fincf he try'd his StrengI 
And budding Horns, againft an adverie Oaks 
Fit for the Altar, and the fatal Stroke. 



of fo great a Sacrifice 
willing to ihew hit Deri 
and pay his Vow I61 
Friend*s fafe Atriyal, pr 
tionabic to his Eftare, < 
to Juno an Twe Lamb> 



I The Qo^n of the Gods s 
fo call'd by the Poets, as be 
iog Wife CO fupitft, who was 
the Supream Deity of the 
Gr/rj(j and T{omant, By the 
Wdrlikf Maidt is meant P il 

Ids or MinervM, the Goddcfs I thex to Minertm, and to 
of Learning and War. They I pmr a young Bullock, 
had their peculiar Saciifices I i On Mount Capittlt 
appointed them in the Ri- I wife .called the T4r^«f'«i» 
tuals ot Books of Ceiemo- I from the ViM Virgin 
nies of the Xncients : White i . /"<t, that bctray'd it tc 
Bulls were ofTec'd to J^fteri I 3 i.inc Jmpnr had a 1 
white Cows to fun9 and Mt- I pie, whence he was Ni 
fiirv4» The Poet, tho* not I rafptmn and Cdfitflint. 
able to nadergo the Charge / 



k fl 



XII. y U F E N jf L. 179 



Mot my Fortunes equal to mj Mind, 
unceous Love more nobly had defign'di 
high fed (hould h\l the Sacrifice i 
F 3 HifpiUia's huge prodigious Size: 
leoftbofeour Neighbouring Pa(hires feedt 
4 ClttumftHj* whitdl Sacred Breed i 
'df TinAure of whofe guftiing Blood* 
clearly prove the Richndfs of his Food: 
k fo ftrong, (6 large as wou'd demand 
seding Blpw of fome s uncommon Hand. 
( for my Friend, or more, I wou*d perform i 
Danger free, (Hll trembles at the Storm, 
ing Forms {b hideous to his Sight* 
fty fcarce allays the wild Afright. 
h-om.a Cloud that Heav'n all o'er-ca(^» 
riance Co fwift the fubtle Lightning pad:, 
the Sail-Yardsi trembling, and bilf dead, 
iiought the Blow was levell'd at his Hold: 
ming Shrouds fo dreadful did appear, 
^d a Wreck cou'd no Proportion bear. . 
17 paints, fo does the Poet write, 
be wou'd work a Tempeft to the height, 
anger paft, a iecond does fucceedj 
^th Pity, and Attention, heed: 

atfenfualLady, noted 
mous fox keeping a 
Sat. 6, 
Uyer that divides Tuf' 



i VmbrUy whofe Wa- 
Pliny relates, makes 
ms that drink of it 
heic Toang white : 
thcTf^manSi as Virgil 
ludtAH obferye, were 
Jy furntihed with Sa- 



Juvitidly fome interpret in a 
Senfe referring to the Quality 
of thfPerfon, as if the Chief 
Pontiff, and not one of the 
P0/4'/, or ordinary Officers, 
was to give the Blow : But as* 
it is unfeemly to make the 
Chief Pontiff delcend to (b 
mean Offices fo it is mote 
probable the Poet meant not 
the Oignity, bat the Size and 



otjupittr cafitfline, ' \ Stxcpgth of the f eifoji. 
6r4n4is AUniptr of 



t^& 



l«o yUFENAL. Sat, XII. 

Ko kfi tUs fecond, tho' of different kind» 

Such as, in ^ Jfis* Temple, you may find 

On votive Tablets, to the Life pourtray'd; 

'Where Painters are employ'd, and earn their Bread* 

.Vhat Painters in their livdi'ft Draughts czprefi, 

May be a Copy of my Friend's Difhefs. 

For now a Sea into the Hold was got^ 

IVave upon Wave another Sea had wroughti 

And nigh o*erfet the Stern on either Side; 

The Hoary Pilot his beft Skill apply'd \ 

But ulclefs all when he defpairing found, 

C^Mtullus then dkl with the Winds compound.* 

Juft as the 7 Beaver, that wife thinking Brutc» 

Who, when hard hunted on a clorc Purfuit, 

Bites ofFhis Stones, the caufe of all the Strife, 

And pays 'em down a Ranfom for his Life. 

Over with all, he cries, with all that's mine; 

Without Referve I freely all reiign. 

Rich Garments, Purple dy'd in Grain, go o'er; 

JMo foft 8 Mecdnss ever choicer wore : And 



6 The c/£i7ptia» Goddefs, 
lookM upon by Merchants 
and Seamen as their Patro- 
aefs i to whom they made 
their Vows in their Eitremi- 
sy. TheCuftom was for thole 
that efcapedto hang upon the 
Walls of her Temple the 
yifture of a Wreck or Storm, 
which was calPd a Votive 
Table i and her Votaries, it 
feemt, were fo numerous, that 
ibe was forc*d to employ a 
whole Company of Painters 
in hex Service. 

7 A proper Simile, and 
lOtdMoxai Alluilojai but the 



Ground is wholly fabulous; 
and has experimentally been 
proved fo by Stftims a Phy- 
fician, as it ftands related by 
rtiny, DT,Br*wfif in his Book 
of Vulgar Errors, fays, That 
the Tefticles, properly fo cal* 
led, arefeated inwardly upon 
the Loins i and therefore il 
were not only a fruitlefs At- 
tempt, but an impoflible Aft> 
to cafirate it felf : And might 
be an hazardous PraAice of 
Art, if at all attempted by 
others. 

I ^Hgnftut his great Fa* 
vouritci and Patron to Virgit 

aad 



g^AT. XII. JUFE NJ L. 

And otheri of that Fleece, that never dy'd. 
Or ftain'd by Art, is rich in Nature's Pride i 
Sacli as its Tin^ure firom the Soil does hear, 
Bf noble Springs improT'd and 9 Bmich Air* 
M^ ftopt he fo, but over went his Plate 
Made bj ^^ Parthetuus, foUow'd by a great 
And mailfie Goblet, a two Gallon Draught, 
Might fet a thirfty Cmttmr when he quafr. 
Or drench the Wife of " Tufeus: Add to thefe 
Baskets of '^ BritMm^ Rarities of Grf^rf^ 
A fee oi Plate moft artfully imbof!:. 
No leis a Bribe than what '3 Olynthtis coft. 



tSl 



Shew 



«iidH«f4^. yivvm^/ here taxes 
lum of being ovei-foft and 
delicate s which Horna has 
done too» tho' covertly, and 
Bodei another Name. * 

9 In BartiekjSpain ( nOw ^n- 
idnxJUt and the beft part of 
Grnn4uU) the Sheeps Fleeces 
aie natoxally of a Colour be- 
twixt Red and Black, xefemb- 
ling the Purple Dye, which 
the Ancients imputed to the 
goodnefs of the Air and the 
Soil : And they pot a great 
Taiiie on it, as we do now on 
the SfMtJb Wooll for its fine- 
aefs. 

ID A gteat Maftex in the 
Art of Gtaving. 

zi tufcHs was a Judge, 
a^ntionM in the laft Satyr, 
aoccdby Msrtidl for aDiunk- 
aid I as his Wife is here put by 
ymvtmal in the good Compa- 
|a&y of PMm the Cmmur* 



T2 BdfcAuiA^ the Britifh 
Word for a Basket, was by 
lYit'Komans mtide Latin, They 
fo much fancied the Baskets 
of ourliland, that they would 
claim the Invention to them- 
felves. Jiiart, Lib, \^ 

Barbarddi Tt6d% veni BafcMtds 

Britannis, 
Sed mc jam tndvult diare R.0- 

ma fttam, 

Frtm Britiih ?l6t$ tht barb^rttts 

Basket cam*i 
But fffu Kome gladly W9it*d 

th*lnventi9» claim* 

IS A ftiong fortified City 
of Thrace, not to be taken by 
a Storm or Siege. Philip of 
Maetd9n made a confiderable 
Prefent of Plate to Lajihtnes^ 
who was intrufted with the 
Goveramcttt of it by the kA^ 
thmiiuu I and hey being cor- 
rupted 



at yUFErNAL. Sa*. 

Shew me the Man, that other he» woa'd dare 
Hii very Life and Soal to Gold piefor: 
Nw Mmffirves na Lifr*s mfi N9U§ VmIsm 
"Butfimnih Liifk impirms Wkdtb mgnis. 
Thus moft of the Ship's Freijtht went ovcr-boaidi 
Yet all this Wafte coa'd finaU Relief adbrd» 
So fierce the Storm, Neoeflityathft 
Does loudlj call to eale her of her Mail: 
Hard is the. Ga(e» and dangerous the Difirefe 
When what we wou'd preferve. we muft make ! 
Go now, go tmft the Wind's uncertain Breath. 
Remov'd four Rogers from approaching Deaths 
Or (even at moff, when thickeft is the Board: 
Go with Provifion, Bisket, Brand/ ftor^di 
But if jou reafbnably hope to ipeed, 
Tou muft produce jour Ax in time of need. 
Now when the Sea grew calm, the Winds were 
And thepleas'd h fttre^ fpun-t whiter Thread i 
When Fate propitious (cnt a gentle Gale ; 
The (hatter'd Veflel, with one wretched Sdl, 
Bdide what Gowns and Coats her Crew cou'd le 
To help her on her Courfe, did homeward bend 
The South- Wind lefs'ning dill, the Sun appears. 
And into lively Hope converts thdr Fears : 
And now, in Profpe^ fweet, his chearfiil Light 
Jho >x jibun Cli£b confeUcs to their Sight i 



xupted with Co great a Bribe, 
tteacheioullj funendei'd it to 

Philip, 

14 The Defilniis i they were 
three Sifters, Cl9th9i Ldtbtfisi 
and xAtrfts^ peipetuslly em- 
ploy'd in Spinning: If the 
Thread they fpon was White, 
it was align of jUft andPxo- 



fperity ; if Black, 
and Adverfity. 
15 Near them was 

his Step*mothei Li 
the City of LnvinU 
by his Father c^n 
called by hex Nani< 
nitu call'd his own i 



Sat. 3ni. J U F E N jt L. it^ 

Where Albdn Pile Itdms fbundiog rear d, 

Wiien to Lavmmm he that Seat preferred ; 

And call'd it Mm^ from the white Sow nam'd^ 

That for htr thirty fucking Pigs was-fam'd. 

At laft within the mighty Mole (he gets* 

Our 1^ Tufcan fharos» that the mid Sea meets 

With its Embrace, and leaves the Land behind: 

A Work (b wond'rous Nature ne*er defign'd. 

Through it the joyful Steers*Man clears his way. 

And comet to Anchor iaits inmoft Bay; 

Where fmalleft V^silels ride> and are fecur'd. 

And the 17 Shorn Sailors boaft what they endur'd. 

Go then, my Boys,* the facred Rites prepare: 
With awful Silence and Attention hear : 
With Bran the KLiiivesr with Flow'rs the Altars drefi ) 
And in your Diligence your Zeal cxprefs. 



^4, from the long form of it, 
and ^/^4 fiom the White 
Sowwith Thirty Pigs fucking 
her, that was feen by the Tro- 
jsHs a little afcer their Land- 
ing 3 and where the City was 
bailt, according to the Com- 
mand of the Oracle. Virg, 

16 , Pharos was a Port in 
c/£jyfr, famous for its Watch- 
Tower, wherein were placM 
Lights for the BeneHt and Di- 
xeftion of Sailors by Night: 
fmvmal calls the Port ofO/tia, 
irheie Tylfer disburthens it (elf 
into the Sea, the Tufcan Pha- 
nsi It was deHgn'd by sAu- 
i»f»s after the Model of that 
ia uMgyftT Claudius Csfar^ as 
Awfffiiwifays^ carried on, and 
finilbed the Mole, with yaft 
Labour and Charges ^ haying 



for eleven Tears together kept 
30000 Men at work upon it*. 
It was afterwards repaired by- 
Trajan. 

17 It was a Cuftom among 
the Ancients, when in Di-* 
iVrefs at Sea, to invoke tb« 
aid of fome God or other, 
with a folemn Vow of cutting, 
off their Hair, and offering i(. 
to him^ as an Acknowledge 
ment to whole Afliftance they 
ow*d their Safety. To this 
St. Paul probably alludes, 
>>iSfs zavii. 34. Then jb All not. 
an Hair of your Head perifb % 
As^if he had faid, They ihould 
not need to vow their Hair ; 
for withoyt fuch a Vow, and' 
the Performance of it, they 
ihou'd all cfcape« 

ru 



1^4 JVVENAL, Sat.] 

rO fdlow ftraighty andi htTing paid mj Vow«». 

Thence home agftio, where C&pleu WKath the bo 

Ot all mf little Waxen Ddtiei : 

And Incenfe (ball Doaeftick 7#vf tppeafi: 

My (hining Houfhold-Godi ihill rerd tbefCb 

And all the Goloun of the Videt wear. 

All*i rights mj Fdrtal (hinea with verdant Bajii' 

And conlecrated Taperi early blaze. 

Su(pe£fc me not, Cnrvmm% ctf Defigni 
Far be fuch Guilt from any Thought of mine: 
My Altars fmoak not for ^ baft an End \ 
CMtuUuf, tho* a Father, if my Friend, 
And hit three Children bar a foreign Chum. 
Who on a Friend fb hopelefi. fiich a Naooe 
As Father, wou'd a fickly Hen befbw? 
Or on filch (lender Grounds a Quail forgo? 
If is Faccius or GaiiitM breathe a Vein, 
The Temples (haight are crowded with a Train 
Of fawning Rafcals, uttering each his PrayVi 
Nothing's too precious for a Life fo dear: 
A Hecatomb is fcarce enough to bleed : 
And, but an Elephant's no common Bleed* 
Nor (een, r.or known in ItAly, before 
There were tranfponed from the jtfrUk Shore:* 
Since which, in the BMtilian Forcft rear'd. 
They range at large, great C^fa/s Royal Herd : 
As once they learnt King Fyrrhus to obey, 
And wiih SubmifTion to our Confuls fway % 
Or Tyrmn HanniAMl's part of the War 
In Turrets on their Backs they us'd to bear: 



IS Two rich Men, both of 
them Childlefsj which made 
the Hdrtdipets oi Legacy Hun- 
tczs piefcnt them, and ply 
them with Gift upon Gift, in 



' hopes to be eonfideiM hi 
Will. Tacitus makes mo 
of them both : The firi 
calls ^frUan^ tbeotbex 

c 



5at. XII. yUFENJL. 185 

3oa'd '9 JUrv'ms or Fscftvim but procure 

rhde IvVj ^"^ Portents, Death (hould ieal 'em (lire 

K V\6dm for QMlUta\ nothing lefs 

rhe GreKtnefs of their Friendfbip can exprefiy 

HemftHSt were he not by Law witfaftood, 

DiToii'd manifeft his own in human Blood i 

rhe beft, the lovelieft Slave of either Sex, 

To fervc his Compliment, ihouM yield their Necks: 

Kay to tlvit height the wicked Rogue proceeds^ 

His ^^ Jphiginis, his Daughter, bleeds 

If need require; tho' he was fure to find 

No dext'rous Slight to change her for a Hind, 

My FcUow* Citizen I mud commend, 

For what's a Fleet to a bequeathing Friend? 

For, if he chance to Tcape this difmal Bout» 

The former Legatees are blotted out ; 

Upon Tacitviuj all muft be conferr'd ; 

So great a Merit claims no lefs Reward : 

fiUHvius fhuts if, and triumphant goes 

In the dejeded Oowd of Kjval Foes : 

You fee the Fruit pf his proje^ing Brain, 

la offeriog up his Daughter toliis Gain. 



19 Two erafty defigniog 
Xoayes, Vifiters of the (ick 
GAititM or pMccmsm 

20 Elephants, fo cairdfrom 
their ftupendioiis Bignefsaod 
Ifory Teeth. 

21 The Story in fhort is 
thb : The GrMcim Fleet ly- 
iag Wind-bound at ^^tis^ 
the Oracle was conlulted, and 
Anfwec letom'd. No Wind- 
could be had foe theii Pur- 
pofe, nnlefi ^iamtmn9n,Comr 
auuidcc ia Chief in chcEipe- 



dition, wotdd ofFex up his 
Daughter Ifhiginia to appeafe 
DUn4t*z Anger, who was of- 
fended with the Gretk^ for 
killing an Hind confecratcd to 
her. K^gAmtmntn, foithePuh- 
llck Good, brings his Daugh- 
ter to the Altai i but the God- 
defs relenting, convey'd hex 
away to the Tanrick^Cherftnefe, 
and fubftituted an Hind in her 
.'.Place. The Application of 
this to Psmvhs is obvious 
enough^ 

As 



i8ff yu V E N J L. Sat.; 

At great u " Sirii Plunder be hit Storei 
Highi Mountain high, be pil'd the fliining Ont 
Then miy be Life to *l Stfitr't Age exteodt 
Nor crer be, oor ever find, ■ Friend. 



ai Tbe prodigion* Sunu b« 
eitoited fiam ibe FioTinct) 
by uniuronablo Taxtii Cen- 
filcidoni, ire. are dmoft io- 
(itdtble. He give dd Office 
without ihii Cliaige ; Thta 
ki-vnf VL-htt I vitnt, lit ki 
w<W it tor S-Am/j, ■&<( Of 
J(il7 nifj j6<v< «i7 ihin^. 

ai Giown aov lo a Iio- 



reib)«be li?*d, « rr<. 
lijrit to tonpLctt the 
Age of Mm Mitt Won 
ii an equivocal Ttrin, ■ 
reill; taken b^ many ; 
we take ii m iia full c 
aa it comprchendt an 
dttd leaia, it will reivi 
well JmitanVi Futjofe. 




yv s 




/•■/.f-r 



CiSr] 




JUVENAL 



THE 



THIRTEENTH SATYR- 



By Mr. THOMAS CREECH, Fdlow 
of -^//.Ja^/f-Collcgein Oxford. 



The ARGUMENT. 

Corvinus bad trufied one of bis old Friends and Ac* 
quaintance with aBajr ofMony\ this Friend denies 
the Trnft^ and furfv/ears it too : Corvinus is very 
mnch dijiurb'^d at this Cheat, ftorms and ragesy 
accufes Providence, and is ready to conclude that 
God takes no Care of Things below, hecaufe fame 
fudden and remarkable l^en^eance did not fall mpon 
this perjured falfe ffVetci. Juvenal hearing of 
Corvinus*/ Lofs, and unmanly Behaviour, writes 
this Satyr to him, both to comfort him after bis 
Lofs, and inftrudi him how to bear it; and thence 
takes occafion to fpeak of the f^ilenefs and f/illany 
of bis 'Times. He begins with the Condition of 
the wicked Man \ and tells htm, i. 7%at the Sin^ 
ner muji needs bate bimfelf^ and, ii. Ttha^ be 



i88 JVV EN A L. Sat. 

V)tll be hated by all Manhsnd. iii. Heju, 
▼mus in mind that be bath a good EJU 
that this Lofs will not break him. iv. and ' 
a great many have fuffer^d the like lUisfo 
Ithat Cheats were common^ his Lofs bu 
and therefore not to be refented with fo 
a Pajfion. Hence^ vi. He exfatiates on tt 
nefs of the Time}\ and^ yii. compares , 
with the Golden one^ which he teaionjlyi 
vliu He continues his Reflections on the 
JVickednefs of the Ttmes. ix. Makes fi\ 
fervations on the Confidence of feme S 
Andy X. endeavomrs togive fome account 
He obferves that fome are Atheijis ; xi. 
believe a Godj but fancy the Money they 
their Perjury^ will do them more got 
the Punijbment he infli^j will do them 
At leaji^ xii. that God is Merciful^ they 
Pardon^d^ or ^fcape in the Crowd of Sinner 
fome are forgiven^ and all do not meet wi 
ntjhments equal to their Defsrts, xiii. I 
redis his Friend for his Atbeijiical Pajfu 
rude Accufations of Providence ; And^ xiv. 
him to be more cool; and conjider^ That^ J 
Cheats are common^ and he hath fuffer d ; 
than other Men ; And^ xvi. that every da^ 
meet with greater Crimes ^ which require k 
cernment, That^ XV ii. his PaJJion is i 
fruitlefs ; becaufe Revenge^ which is the i 
ofPaJfion^ will do him no goo d^ it will not i 
his Lofs ; and bejides is an Argument of 
Mind and mean T'emfer. l%en coming < 
his Pointy he tells him^ xviii. The Hacked 
verely punijlfd by their own Confcience 
l^engeance waits upon them : Andy XX. ^ 
the miferable Life and terrible Death oftb 



iAT. XIIL yUFENAL.] i8p 

id MdMrn And^ xxi. chfes all with okferving^tbai 
fivf Mem flop at their fir fi S'tn^ but gja on till their 
Crimej provoke Providence : And therefore^ xxii. 
Coxvinus need not fear but this perjured Friend of 
UswonU do fo too J and then he fijonld fee fom$ 
remarJiaik Judgment fall upon him. 

I. 

HE that commits a Sia, (hall > quicklj find 
The prefling Guilt lie heavy on his Mind^ 
Ih^ Bribes or Favour (hall allert his Cau(e, 
tenounce htm GuStUfSf and elude the Laws: 
(ne quits himfelfi his own impartial Thought 
fSSi damiif and Cenfcience will record the Fault. 

II. 
TMifirft the Wicked feds: Then publick Hate 
riiiet the (Aeatt and proves the Villain's Fate. «; 

III. 
Bat more, Corvmusi thj Elbte can bear 
greoier Lo(s, and not implore thy Care ; 
ly Stock's fuffident, and thy Wealth too great 
) feel the Damage of a Fetty Cheat. 

IV. 
Nor are fuch Lodes to the World unknown, 
rare Example, aid thy Chana alone; 
oft feel them, and in Fortune's Lottery lies 
heap of Hlmiks^ like this, for one fmall IVize. 

V. 
Abate thy Pa(rion, nor too much compliin } 
ntf flmii bt fvrc^d^ snj it bicomesa KiMn 
let it ri/i no higher than lots Vam: 
t you, too weak the Aighteft Lo(s to bear, 
M delicate the common Fate to (hare, 
e on the Fret of Paffion, Boil and Rag*, 
CMile, in fo dcbauch'd and vile an Age, 

I Some scad, ExtewpU ^•dauft^ue malumf &C. 



} 



I9« JUFENAL. SAT.Xin 

Thy Friend and Old Actpum^ana dares difiiwa 
The Gold you lent hini> zvAforfwew the Loan. 

What, ftartatthis! When//jc/^ Years have fprad 
Their gray Experience o'er thy hoary Head! 
Is this the AJUL obierving Age cou*d gain, 
Or haft thou known the World £b long in vain? 

Let Stokki Ethicks haaghty Rules advance. 
To combat Fortune, and to conquer Chance; 
Yet BAfYf ^^* ^' °^ ^ UimCit are thought;^ 
Whom Ijft inilrudls, who by Exftrienci taught. 
For nnp to come, from faft Misfortunes look; 
Nor (hake the Toak, which g^ the more 'ds (book. 

VL 
What Day's fo SdereJ, but its Red's pro&n'd 
By violent Robbers, or by Murders ftain'd? 
Here hi/d KBaQds ^r their Gain invade. 
And treacherous Ttys^nen urge their Fatal Trade^ 

Good Men are (carce, the fuft are thinly downi 
They thrive but ill, nor can dbey h& when grown; 
And ihou'd we count them, and our Store compile, 
Yet 2 Theses more Gates wou'd {hew, more Mouths the . 

Worfe than the Iron jige, and wretched Times 
Roul on; and Ufe hath fo improv'd cur Crimes, 
That baffled Nature knows not how to frame 
A Metal bafe enough to give the Agi a Name: 
Yet you exclaim, as loud as thoie that Praife, 
For Scraps and Coach-hire, a Young NoUe's Plays; 
You thunder, and, as FafTion rouls along, 
Call Heav'n and Earth to witnefs to your Wrong. 

Gray-headed Infant ! and in vain grown Oki! - 
Art thou to learn that in Awthir^s GoJd 
Lie Charms refitllefs ? That all laugh to fkid 
Unthinking Plainnefs fo o'er-fpread tl\y Mindt 

a Thebes had but fcvcA Gatcs. and the KmiNik but i 

Mouths. 



T. XHf* ^UP" E N A L. 151 

thoa coM'Afirwufi perfwade the Crowd 
eep thdr Oaths» aad to believe a Godt 

VII. 
lit They cou'd do whilft SMturn dWd the Throoe, 
hm9 buraiih'dy or Young y§ve was growaj 
■rmte He left IsU^s clofe Retreat* 
adc RebdlioD by Exami^ great: 
vhilft his Hoary Sire to Latium fled, 
'd his Empire, and defil'd his Bed. 
\ Godi din'd fing]y, and few Feafts abore, 
eaoteouft H»k9 mizt the Wine with Lbvej 
Ernnni Boy: But Vulcan (lain*d the Pole 
tooty Hands, and filled the fparing Bowl. 
odi grew num'rous, and the Heav'nly Crowd 
wretched A$Ut with a h'ghcer Load: 
hance onenvy'd Nefnsoi's Lot conBn'd 
le the Ocean, andoppoie the Wind: 
'rfkrfme with PUttp (har'd the Throne, 
ines kfht, -or Ghofts had learn'd to groan: 
X from Punifhment as free from Sin, 
iMtlis Wd jolly, and without a King. 
Wie$ was rares e'en Bjidinefs kept in awe 
t the rig^ar of avenging Liw^ 
ad not Utn the Hoan Heads revered, 
n paid Reverence when a Mtm appeared, 
nuft have dy'd, tbo* 3 Richer Skins they wore, 
iW more heaps of Acorns in their Aore: 
rears Advance did fuch Refpefl engage, 
outh was Reverenc'd then like iaaed Agej 

VIII. 
w if one Honefl Man I chance to view, 
inning 1n^r§fi^ and to VurtHi tnte> • 

lat is, were of bettei \ pximitive deaths and Footf» 
r, and had more Wealth : I accoxdiog to the Poets, 
aiui Acozns being the | 

Irank 



IP* JUVENAL. Sat. XII 

I rank him with the Prodigiet of Fame, 
With Tlougyi-Mp FifheSi and with Ity Fiame; 
"^Witb Things which ftart from NMtitr^^s common Rfll 
With Bestrdid Infants, and with TnmmigMulcB: 
As much ama&'d at the prodigious Sign, 
As if I faw ^Beei clufter'd on a Shrine} 
A Show'r of Stones, or Riven chang'd to Blood 
Rowl wond'rous Waves, or urge a Milky Flood, 

IX. 

A litfU Sum you Moom, while Mpfi have met 
With twice the Lx>rs, and by as HU a Cheat: 
By treacherous Friends, and fecret Truft betray-di 
Some are undone i nor are the CoJj our Aid. 
Thoie ConfcioHs Vvwen we can with Eafi contemn^ 
If hid from Mm^ we truft our Oimes with dioii. 

Obferve the Wretch who hath his Faith foHbok, 
How tU^ his Voice, and how nffui^d hia Look I 
Like Innocence, and as ferenely bold 
As Truth, how loudly He forfwears thy Gold! 
By Neptune's Trident, by the Bolts of 5^v#, 
And all the Magazine of Wrath above. 
Nay, more, in Curies he goes boldly on. 
He damiA himfelf, and thus devotes his Son: 
If I'm forfwom, you injur'd Gods renew 
Thyfftes* s Fcaft, and prove the Fable true. 

X. 

Some tbink that Chana rules all, that Nattsn ficQi 
The moving Seafons, and turns round the Years. 
Thcfe run to evVy Shrine, thefis boldly fwear. 
And keep no Faith, becauie th;y know no Fear, 

XL 

Another doubts, but as his Doubts decline. 
He dreads juft Vengeance, and he ftarts at Sin; 




4 If a fwatm of Bees pitch'd 
open a Temple, it was look*d 
upon as an Omen of fomc very 



gieat Mifchief. 
5 T/j[y«/?*i was treated wM 

Hafb made of kis owa Sob* 

r 



Sat. XIII. JUVENAL. ipj 

He owni a GU\ And yet the Wretch forfwearsi 
And thus he Reafons, to relieve his Fears: 
Let ^ IfU rage, fo I (ecurely hold 
The Coin fbrfworn, and keep the ravifli'd Gold; 
Let Blindnefs, Lameoeis come \ are Legs and £/ea 
Of f^iM/ Value to fo great a Prize? 
Wou'd ihrving " IMms\ had he leave to chufi^ 
And were not frantick, the Bich Gota rchife? 
For can the Glory of the {wiheft pace 
Procure him Food? Or can he feaft on Praife? 

XII. 

The Gods take Aim before they (Irike their Blow. 
Tho^furt their Vengeance, yet the Stroke isjhwi 
And (hou'dat ev*ry Sin their Thunder fly, 
I'm yet iecure, nor is my Danger nigh : 
But they are GracioMSt but their Hands are free. 
And who can tell but they may reach to Me? 
Stmt they forgive, and ev'ry Age relates 
That equal Crimes have met unequal Fates; 
That Sins alikt, unlike Rewards have found, 
And whilft This Villain's Crucify'd, The offser's Crown'd. 

The Man that (hiver'd on the hriok of Sin, 
Thus fteel'd and harJ^nedn ventures boldly in; 
Dare him to Swear, he with a chearful (^ace 
Flies to the Shrine ^ and bids Thee mend thy Pace; 
He urges, goes before Thee, (hews the way. 
Nay, pulls Thee on, and chides Thy dull delay; 
For dnfidence in Sin, when mixt with Zeah 
Seems Innocence, and l6ok« to mod as wel • 

XIII. 1 

Thus like the waggilh Slave in-— Play, 
Re i^reads the Nee, and takes the eafie Prey, 

C Jfis. An t/£gypidn God- f 7 Ladas, An excellent Foot* 



defs, fuppos'd t« be much 
concern'd in inflifting Difeafei 
aadMaladics on Mankind^ 



man, who won the Prize in the 

o/r»ffVifiQamcSf 



JH JV V EN A L, S AT.». 

You rage and ftorm, and bUffhnnoufy lond^ 
As ^ Stentor bellowiog to the Gncim Crowds 
Or Htmer's 9 Mats, with too much warmth eidlim; 
yave, dod Thou hear, and is thy Thunder tame? 
Wert Thou all Brafs, thy Brazen Arm (hould rageb 
And fix the Wretch ^ Sign to future Age: 
JLlfe why (hou*d Mortals to thy Feafts repair. 
Spend ufilefs Incenfe, and moro ufelefivnja^ 
"BathyUm* <« Statue at this rate may prdre 
.Thy equal Rival, or a greater jiv$ 

XIV. 

Be cool, my Vrmd. and hear my Muie ^if^ence 
Some ibvereign Comforts, drawn from common Scflfej 
Not fetch'd from Stokks rigid Schools, nor wrnugbt 
By Epicurus* more indulgent Thought; 
Who led by Nature, did with Eaie i>ur(iie 
The Rules of Lite; guefs'd heft, tho' mifi'd the truff. 
A defperate Wound mud skilful Hands empky. 
But thine is curable by »» ?hiUf& Boy, 

XV. 

Look o*cr the prefent and the former time : 
If no Example of fo Vile a Crime 
Appears, then Mourn; admit no kind Relief, 
But beat thy Breafl:, and I applaud thy Grief i 
Let Sorrow then appear in all her State, 
Keep mournful Silence, and (hut faft thy Gate. 
Let folemn Grief on Money loft attend. 
Greater than waits upon a dying Friend ; 

s Stentit. A famous Criet I Thoafand Men fiiotttingtodi 
in the Grtcidn Army, who(e Battel. 



tingle voice was as loud as 
that of fifty Men together. 

9 Htmer (ays that Mdrthting 
wounded by Di§medcsy tnade 
as gceat an Out- cry, as Ten 



10 A Fidler and a Flayei 
But put here fox an idle Scon 
dxel or infignificant FcUoi 

11 A Surgeon of no gici 
Ccedit and Kef atatioft. 



\ 
\ 



« AX* Xm. JVVEN At. ipf 

NoQC feigns, none adled Mourning's forcM to ihow« 

Of fqaeoze his Eyes to make that Torrent floWy 

For hianty loft demands a heartier due ; 

Then Tears are- real, and the Grief is true* 
But if at each Adize, and Term» we trj 

A thou(and Rafcals of as deep a Dje; 

If Men /tfr/Wiir the Deeds arid Bonds they dit^> 

Tho' Sign'd with all Formality of Law, 

And tho' the Writing and the Stul proclaim 

The ^4rf//i^V Perjury, and fix the Shame; 

Go» Fortune's IMrting, nor ezpefl to bear 

The common Lot, but to avoid thy (hare ! 

Heav'n's Favpttritt Thou, for better Fates dcfignMt 
Than we the Drtis and Ru66ifb of Mankind! 

XVL 
This petty Sinner fcarce deferves thy Rage, 
Compar'd with the great Villains of the Age. 
Here hir'd Ailaflins kill) there. Sulphur thrown^ 
By treacherous Hands, deftroys the frighted To^nl 
Bold Sacriliget invading Things IDivine, 
Breaks through a TempU, or deffaroys a Shrine* 
The Reverend Goblets, and the ancient Plate> 
Thoie grat^ Prefints of a Conqu'ring State* 
Or pious King; or if the Shrine be] poor, 
The Image fpoils: Nor is the CcJ (ecure. 
One fet&es Neptunis Beard, one Ca/hr^s Crown* 
Or yov9 himfelf, and melts the '^mUrer dowaJ * 

Here Pois'ners murder, there the impious Son* 
With whom t guiltlefi >^ Ape is deom'd to drowflj 
Prevents old Age, and with a hsfy Blow 
Cats down his Strp, and quickens Fates too (low. 

Yet what are thde to thoie vaft heaps of Oriaaeii 
Wtdch make the gteateft Bttfimfioi our Times* 

\z The Villala that kill'd i Seipent* and an Ape^ ^^ 
kis Father* wasto be pm into I thxowa into the Sd^ 
t Bag with tDOib t Cock^ a | 



196 JV VENAL. SAT.Xm. 

Which Tkrms probng, and which from Mora to Kigfat* 
Amaze the Jm'm^ and the Judges fright? ^ * 

Attend the Courts and thou (halt briefiy find 
In that one place the Manners of Mankind^ 
Hear the Indidments, then return again. 
Call thf ielf Wrerch, and if thou dar'it, compbin. 

Whom midft the Alfi do hanging Thraifi furpriEc? 
Who (lares in Gtrmany at watchet Eyes? 
Or who in Mer^e, whenthe Rreaft reclin*d» 
Hangs o*er the Shoulder to the Child behind, 
And bigger than the Boy? For Wonder's lo(l 
When Things grow common, and are found tn mctu 

When Crams in?ade, his little Sword and Shield 
The Figny takes, and freight attends the Field : 
The Fight's fbon o'er; the Crmns deicend, and bear 
The fprawliqg Warriors through the Hquid Air: 
Now here ihou*d fuch a Fight appear to view. 
All Men wou*d fpltt, the Sight wou'd pleafe whilft new; 
There none*s concerned, where every day they 6ght, 
Aqd not one Warrior is n Foot in height. 

XVII. 
But (hall the VilUm Tcape ? Shall Perjury 
Grow Rich and Safe, and (hall the Cheat be free? 

Hadil thou full power (Rage asks no more) to kO, 
Or meafure out his Torments by thy Will $ 
Yet what couldfl thou. Tormentor, hope to gain? 
Thy Lofs continues, unrcpaid by Pain; 
Inglorious Comfort thou (halt poorly meer, 
Fromjhis mean Blood. But, oh ! Revenge is fweet. 
Thus think the Crowd, who, eager to engage. 
Take quickly fire, and kindle into Rage; 
Who iie'er c&t^w, but without a paufc, 
Make up in PafTion what they want in Caa(c. • 
•Not^fo.mild ^^ThaU^ nor C^//>^Mf thought, , . 
Nor that: ■ Good Ua», who drank the ioii^nom Pnm^ 

1$ f hiiorophen of yxxa CtfidVx aatl ^^^tsSi, 



Sa X. XIII. JU F E N J L. ip-» 

Urkh Mind (erene ; and coa'd not wiih to fee 

His ViU Accufer drink as deq> as He ; 

Exalted Socrates! Divinely brave! 

lajtir'd He ftU, and dying he Forgave, 

Too Noble for Revenge i which flill we find 

Tlie wcakeft Fraiky ot a fieeble Mind; 

Degenerous Paflion, andf(» Man too bafe. 

It leacs its £mpire in the Female Race, 

There rages; and, to make its Blow iecure> 

Puts Flatt'ry on, until the Aim be iure. < 

XVIII. 
But why muft thoie be thought to 'fi^P'» ^^^ ^ 
Thole Rods of Scorpions, and thofe Whips of Steel 
Which Confciiim (hakes» when (he with Rage controals» 
And fpctads asEiazing Terrors through their Souls? 

Not fliarp Rerenge, not Hell it fclf can find 
A fiercer Torment than a Guilty Mind, 
Wluch Day and Night doth dreadfully accuie, 
Cmdemns the Wretch, and (till the Charge renews. 

XIX. 
A trufted Spartan was inclined to Cheat, 
(rbe Coin leok'd lovely, and the Bag was. grcatj» 
Seaet theTrufi) and with an Oath defend 
The Prize, and bafile his deluded Friend : 
But weak in Sin, and of the Gods afraid. 
And not well vers'd in the forfwearing Tradey 
He goes to Delphosi humbly begs Advice, 
And thus the Priefteis by Command replies : 
£xpe£^ fare Vengeance by the Gods decreed. 
To puni(h Thoughts, not yet improved to Deed. 
At this he (lartod, and forbore to fwear. 
Not out of Confdence of the Sin, but Fear. 
Yet Plagues enfu'd, and the contagious Sin 
Dedroy'd himfelf, and ruin*d all his Kin. 

Thus fufifer*d He for the impcrfea Will ^ 

'Tq fin, and bare Defign ot doing 111: 

K , Fof 



Forhe that but ceoodvei a Grime in Though \ 
Comrids the Danger o( an .itfbiM/ Faak: 
fben what maft 1^ expeft that fUlpfooBedt ^ 
lofitifi SiHi aof) work up Thooghta m DecidciL 

XX. 

Ferpetoal Angmjh Sib Uf anxioiit BraaA^ 
Kot fl^pt bj Bofioefi, nor oompoi*d by Reft? 
Mo Mufick chears htm» and no Feaft can pkatt 
He fiti Kke diTcontented ^^t)mmd$$t 
"Vhenhj-thqiportive Tyrant wilefy (hown < 
The dai^eroos Pkafores of tfiMia^^d Throne^ 

Sleq^ files the Wretch^ or when htsOri*a i fyii^ ' 
And his toli^l limbi are wcai/d into Re^ . J 

Ibm Dnani madeb the injor'd Q$di appear* , • *. 
All ani*d widb Thoodct, and awake bia iear« 
What frights Jummoft, in a Gfgmtickfiaa^ j 

Thyy!iMi/l)nM[g'#flsiheiinhis Eyeat ^ ^ 

lliefe (hake Us Sool andbU they boldly pnfib' ; 

Briif out his Grimcfi and force him toconiefiC 
This Wretch will (hut at rv'ryi Flafli that 
Grow pale at the firft murmur of the 
Sre Clouds are ferm'd, and Thunder roars» afiiids 
And JSftcartis can afibrd no Aid, 
His Notions fail: And the defiru^bive Fhme 
Commiffim*d falls, not thrown by CbMitci, but Jimji 
One C^f is paft, and now the Slues are dear, 
A ihort Reprieve, but to increafe bis Fear: 
Whilft Arms Dhine, revenging Crimes bebw* 
Are gathering up to give the greater Bbw. 



14 DMn»ths having very 
snncheztoirdthe Happineff of 
Kings, in the ptefence QiDi§- 
nyfim Kmg of Syrttcufe j Di§' 
%yfiui invited him to Dinner, 
pbic*4 him in a rich Throne, 

aA4 lave kim t vai^ f;lciulidi| 

BbI 



Entertainment ^ but |aft milt 
his Head hung a Sword by a 
Hair, with the Point dowa- 
ward. 
14 A Philofopher who thoogftt 
all things were bj ChaafiC 



U T. Xllf. J U r E N A L. if^ 

But if a Fever fires his Stdpharous Blood» 
n e¥*r7 Fit he feels the Hand of God, 
Ind Heav*th6ani Fhine: Thea drown'd in deep Defpair* 
•le dares not o£Rar one rtfenting Prayer; 
^os vow one Vi^im to preferve his Breath; 
!(inaz>'d he fies, and &dly looks for Deaths 
Ror how can Hope with defperate Guilt agree? 
And the worft Bead is worthier Life than he. 

XXL 

He that win Sins, like him that Aides on Ice, 
Goes iwi&ly down the (lippery ways of Vice ^ 
"Fho* Cmfcknci checks him> yet, thoie Rubs gone o'ow 
He Aides on fmdothly, and looks back no more. 
Vhat Sinners finifli where they firft begin? 
jkod with one Crime content their Luft to SinK 
Katore. that rude, and in hsxfirfi Efifay, 
Stood boggling at the roughnefs of the ways 
Us'd to the Road, unknowing to return. 
Goes boldly on, and loves the Tath when womJ 

•XXII. 

Fear not, but pleas'd with this fuccefsfid Bait, 
Thy Fifjtir'J Friend will quickly tempt his Fate^ 
He will go on, until his Crimes provoke 
The Arm Dhke to flrike the fatal Stroke; 
Then thou (bak fee him'plung'd, when kaft he kzts'^ 
At <mci accounting for- his deep Arrears; 
Sent to thofe narrow Tfles, which throng'd w^ fie 
With mighty Exiles^ once iecure as He; 
Drawn to the Gallows, or condemn'd to Chains: 
Then thou (halt triumph in the Villain's Pains, 
Enjoy his Groans; and with a grateful Mind 
Gpofcfi, that Hiov'n is neither Deaf nor Blind. 



K4 yuFE- 



[ 100 1 




J u y E N ^;x. 

THE 

FOURTEENTH SATYR. 



BjMv.y H N D RTD E N, Jan. 



The ARGUMENT. 

Siffce domeftick Examples eafily eorraft our ToMtij 
the Poet prudently exhorts all Parents^ tbattbti 
themfelvesjlsomld abftaiu from evil Pradtces : A* 
mongft wbuhj he chiefly points at Dice and Ga- 
fninfr^ T'avems^ Drunkennefs^ and Cruelty^ which 
they exercised upon their Slaves : Left iiqier their 
pernicious Example, their Sons Jhould copy them 
in their F'lces, and become Gamefters, Drunk- 
ards , and Tyrants, Liftrigons, and Cannibals to 
their Servants. For, if the Father, Jays Juvcoal, 
love the Box and Dice, the Boy will be given to 
an itching Elbow : Neither is it to be expeSed^ 
that the han^hter of Larga the Adulterefs, poni 
be more continent than her Mother : Since we are 
all by Nature more apt to receive ill Imprejfions 

thaa good ; and are beftdes more pliant in our /»- 

far.cj 



■i 

."1. 



I, 



iT. XIV. JUVENAL. 2»i 

fancy and l[outh^ than when we grow up to ri^ 
fer Years. T'hus we are more aft to imitate a 
Catiline, than a Brutus, or the Uncle of Brutus^ 
Cato Uticenfis. For thefe Reafons he is injlant 
with all Parents^ that they permit^ not their 
Children to hear lafcivious IVords^ and that they 
htmijb Pimps^ Whores^ and Parajites fromthetr 
Houfes. If they are careful^ fays the Poet^ yjhen 
they make any Invitation to thetr Friends^ that aid 
things (ball he clean ^ andfet in order ; much more 
is it their Duty to their Children^ that nothing 
appear corrupt or undecent in their Family, Storks 
and f^ultures^ becaufe they are fed by the Old 
Ones with Snakes and Carrion^ naturally^ and 
without InflruHion^ feed on the fame uncleanh 
Diet, But the generous Eaglet^ who is taugot 
hy her Parent to fiy at Hares ^ and fowfe on Kidsy 
difdains afterwards to purfue a more ignoble 
Game, Thus the Son of CcRtronfus was prone 
to the Vice of raifing Jiately StruSlures^ beyond 
bis Fortune ; becaufe his Father had ruin'd him^ 
f elf by Building, He whofe Father is a Jew, /> 
naturally prone to Superjiition^ and the Obferva* 
tion of his Country^Laws, From hence the Poet 
defeends to a Satyr againfl Avarice^ which he 
ejieems to he of worfe Example than any of the 
former. The remaining part dfthe Poem is whol^ 
ly employed on this SubjeB^ t$ Jhew the Mifery of 
this Vice, He concludes with limiting our Defimt 
rf Riches to certain Meafure ; which he con^ 
fines within the Compafs of what Hunger^ and 
Thir/ij and Cold^ require for our Prefervation 
and Subjijiance : With which Neceffarief if we 
we not contented^ then the Treafures of CroefiK, 
«f the Pcrllan Jiiftg^ or of the EkUnucb Narciflus^ 

K I wh» 



^» JVrEN4L. Sat. a 

ttrfe iommimdid htb tbt Witt tmi tU firft 
«f Claudios tht Emferor^ wotfd m€ ie^J^ 
U fi^Ufy tbt Gtetdtmefs rfomr DefinK 

. To his Friend Fuscinvs. 

Fr;Mw, thofe lU Deeds that faDy Fioie. 
And hy fiich Bkxs upon an boneft NaoM^ 
In Blood anct taiotcdt like a Cyrcent nut 
Firomthe lewd Father, to the lewder Som 
If Gaming does aa aged Sire eodoey 
.Thcoroy joQBg Ma£r fwiftly leami the ^(^Tf 
Atti fiiakes, io Haoging-SleeYes, the little Boi afiOl 
Thus the voluptuous Youth, bied up to did^ 
l^or his fat drandiirc, ibfoe ddidous Mefi|» 
lb Feeding high, his Tutor will fiirpafi* 
Aa Heir Apparent of the Gmrmmid Race; 
And (hou'd a thouiand grave Philofi^heva 
•Be always hollowing "^ue in his Ears, 
They wou*d at lad their lofs of Time lament^ 
And give him o'er for Glutton in Defcent. 

Can auel ■ HutiluSt vAo loves the NoiA- 
Of Whips fsur better than a Syrtn*^ Voko, 
Can ^ f9lftfhem$u, or ^ AnrifbaUSf 
Wha gorge themfelves with Man, aa fuck as thcftr ^ 
Set up to teach Humanity, and give 
By their Example, PLules for Us to live ? 
Can they preach up Equality of Birth, 
Amd tell Us how we all began from Earth T 

1 %utih$y foaie Perfon in 
rke Poet's time, noted foe his 
Cmclty. 

z ^•lyfhtmnt^ alimottsGi- 
nnt with onr Eye,, and ^C4n' 

3 ^wtifkMti^ a Xkig of the 

i^/^7i«v«»^wh^ WCK^ aU Ito 



Eaters. I douht net 

l^firyg^f^h ^"^ were a 1 
of itafyf learnt this Di 
King Sdtwmt when he hlfl 
fclf amoi^ 'tni, and fii 
Example,, by making a J 
meat eiius owaClilldn 



v. •■. "' 



Sat. XIV. 7 tr rE n JtZ. zo|^'' 

nr iohanian 4 Lord» who with a cruel Guft 
a Red Fork io his Slave's Forehead tbruft: 
th^ unlucky Criixiioal was caught 
IXridi litde Theft of two courie f Towels fraught ? 
Oa He a Son to Toft Remorfe incite, 
"Wkom ^ Goals, and Blood, and Butchery delight ? 
Who wou'd exped the Daughter (hou'd be other 
Than common Punk, if 7 Larga be the Mother ? 
Whole Lovers Names in order to run o'er. 
The Girl took Breath full thirty times, and more : 
She^ when hot yet a tender Minx, began 
To bold the Door, but now &ts up for Man { 
And to her Gallants, in her own Hand-writing, 
Sends Billets-douxs of the Old Bawd's inditing. 
So Nature prompts i fo ibon we go aftray. 
When CM Experience puts us in the Way : 
Oar Green Youth copies what Grey Sinners adi { 
Wben venerable Age commends the Fad. 

Some Sons, indeed, (bme very few, we fee 
Who keep themlelves from this Infedion free» 
Whom Gradous Heav'n for Nobler Ends defign'dy 
Their Looks eredled, and their Clay refin'd. 
The reft are all by bad Example led. 
And in their Father's Qimy Track they tread. 
Is^ not enough we (hould our ielves undo» 
Rit that our dildren we moft ruin too? 
Qitldren, like tender Oiiers, take the Bow, 
And u they firft are falhion'd, always grow. 
B^ Nature, headlong to aH lib we nin» 
iyid Virtue, like feme dreadful MonfteiFy ihun^ 

4:BythiiLoid,iadlmeaai|kept their woxkbg Slaves h 
Iht lame cmel T^iim, I great Numbeis. 

.ifi»ff9*^itBMb>'%Mer»: The! r t^tf, ft fiftitions Naite 
^gmsm wese gaeaa Bathers*. Ifec foaic Ytqr coounoa Boi- 
' »Connrif-Gatlv whew thqt Itockt 



Saircftlie Worid« todwhceeooeSGiMiliio^ .: 
Count a de;geiiciate Herd of P CifiAlcf • 

Su£fer no Lewdnds* or uadecent Sfefcck 
Th' Aptrtmeat .of. the render Youtli to icacb;. 
Par be from thence the Glutton i° P/ir^m i 
Singing his Drunken Katcfaei aU the Night .- 
But farther ftiU be Womans Woman firft 
Was Evtl'a Cauie, her fiif of Itti the worft. 
Bo]rs ev'n from Parenti maj this RevVeoce daiyBi 
Por when thou doftac ibme.vibAdioaaiiii.. ,4 ' 
Say, ihou*d the harmlef&ChtU wkh-bcM thy Haod^ 
Wou'ditnotpotthyFtirytotftand? . 
Then may .wo not eoodude the Site unjafl« - 
Who (whoa his Son overcome with Orhik and \jot^ 
Is by the " Cenfixr of good: Manners caught 
Andfuffiars publkk Peiunoe for his Faullj 
Rails* and Reriics. and turns htm out of Dmv 
Por what himfeifib oft his done before ^ . 
A Son fo copy'd from his Vice, ibmuch» 
The very fame inevVy little touch s. 
That (hoa'd he not referable too his Lifei 
The Father judly might fufped his Wife. 

This very Rr vVcnd Letcher, quite worn out 
With Rheumatics, and Crippled with his Gouty, 
Forgets what h^ in youthful Times hai done. 
And iwinges his own Vices ia his Son. 



t Cti9 of VticMf aT^M 
Patriot, who flew himfelf, la- 
thec than he ^ytou'd fubmit to 
Juliut Citfar, 

9 CatiUae^ a Plotter againfl 
tne Commonwealth of T(,9me,' 
, 10 Pars/itey a Greek Wo{cl, 
among the ^jmakt of^c fbi 
a Platteret and Feaft-Hm^r. 
This (btt of Cicatuie ihtj 



flighted' in thoft Days^ 

us*d . vexy feurpily, ta 

fuch a one an Vmtrsf ti 

a ishadt>w, an Apparitioi 

1 1 This . Cenfor of ' 

(Manners, was an OfRk 

Icoatiderable Ft>w'ex ih H 

in (bme;^reipeds not imlU 

Midnieht Magiftrate,' ' 6ii 

ifttngwei fo Sattcy« * 



Sat. XIV. J U F E N A L. zay- 

To entertain a Gueft, with what a care 
Wou*d he his [loufhold Ornaments prepare $ 
Harals his Servants, and O'eiiecr (land. 
To keep 'em Working with a threatening Wand : 
Clean all my Plate, he aies, let not one' Stain 
SuUy the Figur'd Silver, or the Plain'; 
Rub all the Floors, make all the Pillars bright, 
' No hanging Cobwebs leave to (hock the Sight, 

O wretched Man ! is all this Hurry made 
On this account, becaufe thou art afraid 
A dirty Hall or Entry (hou*d ofifend 
The curious Eyes of thy invited Friends 
Reform thy Family; one Son at home 
Concerns thee more than n»ny Guefts to com^. 
If to fome ^^ uleful Art he be not bred, 
He growsdeer Lumber, and is worie than dead; 
For what we karn in Youth, to that alone 
In Age we are by fecond Nature prone. 
The callow Storks with Lizard and with Snake 
Are fed, and foon as e'er to Wing they take». 
At fight- thoie Animals for Food pur{ue». 
The firft delicious Bit they ever knew. 
Ev'n fo 'tis Nature in the Vulture's Breed, 
Oa Dogs and Human Carkafles to feed. 
J(rv€*s '3 Bird will fowfc upon the tim*rous Har^ 
And tender Kids With bis fliarp Tallons tear; 
Becaufe (uch Food was laid before him grd:, ^ 
Whea from his Shell the lab'ring E^kt burlt. • 



12 The Old %amMs were, 
careful to bteed up their Sons 
fo, tha^ afterwards they might 
be niefiil to their Country in 
feace ox War, or Ploughing 
the Ground: Vtilis dgris, (ai 

JgvftuU hta a*} AQJBxeJiafc 



that woo'd break the Htaif» 
ofmn Modern Beaux. 

If Jtvi*s Bird: The Eagle, 
fo ctilM for the great Sexricfe 
he did Jufittfy in bringing 
Gdnjmede, alorelyBoy,oA:his. 
Back to himr 



zoS JUVENAL. Sat. XIV. 

(Untrmus h does high coftlj vaWs rai(e 
With Grecian Marble, which the Sight amaze : 
Some ftand upon CMJeta*s winding Shoret 
At J^6ur^$ Tow'r, and at Vnniftt more. 
The Dome of Hercules and Fortune ihow 
To hif tall Fabricks, like imall Cots below: 
So much his Palaces o'er-look 'em all* 
As gek ^fPofides does oar Capitol. 
Mf Son builds on, and nerer is content, 
^*riU the laft Fanhing is in Strudhire Qwof^ 

The fev^Sf like that bigotted Sires brfore» 
My gazing on the Clouds, their >^God adore t 
SoSuper£tious, that they'll (boner Dine 
Upon the Fiefli of Men than that of Swine, 
pur Roman Ctoftoms thej contemn and jecr» 
But learn and keep their Country-Rites with Fear. 
That Worfh^) only they in RevVence have, 
Which in Dark Vdumes their Great Mcfrs gave. 
Ask 'em the Road, and they fhall point you wrongs 
Becaufe you do not to their Tribe belong. 
They'll not betray a Spring to quench your Thirfl; 
Unlels you (hew 'em Circumcifion firft. 
So they are taught, and do it to obey 
Their Fathers, who ob(crve the Sabbath-Day, 

Young Men to imitate all Ills are prone^ 
But are compell'd to Avarice alone : 
For then in Virtue's Shape they follow Vicef 
Becau(e a true Diftin^on is Co nice, 



t4 CiUfnim^ a fkmons ex* 
ttafagant Arcbireft, who with 
Jris Son (who took after him) 
Ebik away all hit Eftate, and 
bad fo many Palaces at laft, 
skat hf was too poos to ll?e 
in aay of thtm. 

ip%A4 €ilt Vofides, vixA The 
ialiicc oi tk^ fiuancJi ie/ules^ 



As in Virx. Jdm fr§x!mm irdit 

i# fm/tnalt tho' he waswii^ 
enough to laugh as his owa 
Countfy Gods, yec had aoCr 
or won'd not ha?e,.aiighsNo* 
tion of the TxttsDesty, whicb 
makes him lidisote die 7Kv# 

Thtt 



Sat. XIV. JUVENAL, tsfy 

That the haie Wretch whe hoards bp all he caiw 

Is prais'd, and called a careful, thrifty Man : 

The fabled '7 Dragon never guarded more • 

The Golden Fleece, than & his ill- got Store : 

What a profound Refpcd^ where*e*er he goes 

The Multitude to fuch a Monfter (hows ? 

Each Father cries, «< My Son, Example take»' 

^ And, kd by this Wife Youth, thy Fortunes makei 

M Who Day and Night ne'er ceas'd to toil and fweat» 

*« Drudg'd like a Smith, and on the Anvil beat» 

« 'Till he had hammer'd out a vaft Eftate. 

M Side with that Sed, who learnedly deny, 

•« That e'er Content was join'd with Poverty \ 

" Wbomea(i«re Happineis by Wealth enaeas'd, 

* And think the Mony'd Man alone is Bled. 

Parents the little Arts of Saving teach, 

Ere Sons the Top of Avarice can reach ; 

When with falfe Weights their Servants Guts vhey cheats 

And pisch their own to cover the Deceit : 

Keep a ftale Cruft^ 'till it looks Blue, and think 

Their F^fli ne'er fit for Eating 'till it dink s 

The leaft Remains of which they mioce, and drefr 

It o'er again r to make another Mefs : \ 

Adding a Leek, whole ev'ry String is told. 

For fiear ibme pilf ring Hand ihou'd make too boU r 

And with a Mark diftind^, feal up a Difli 

Of thrice-boil'd Beans, and putrid Summer-Fi(h : 

A Beggar on the *^ Bridge wou'd loath fuch Food> 

And lend it to be walh'd in 2lj^s Floods 

vf This Dragon was Gom- I it Beggars took their Sra^ 
ditn of the Golden Fleece^ { tions then, as they do nov^ 
•hich hnng in tlie Temple of I in the gieaceft ThMOwfMCtr 



M»$ at C9lch%$ \. and hereby 
lungs a Tale, or a long Sto- 
J7 A fspm and JdetUsy, with. 



whieh'weie their Bridges, ci 
which there were- mani oves: 
the lUvcs Ti^#r ia 1^#»- 



Ao8 JU F E H J L. .Sat.XI^ 

But, to what £nd theie ynjt of fordid Ciio^ t 
It (hews a maotfeft onfetled BraiOf 
Lt?ing> to fu&r t low ftardog Fate^ 
Id hopes of dyif^.io a wtiftthy Scate. f 

For, as thy ftrutuog Bigs with Mony rife f 

The love of Gain it of an equal fize : 
Kind Fortune does the poor Man hettec ble(s» 
Who though he has it not, defires it left. . >A 

Qoe ^tiZii therefore is too little thought I 
A* larger Farm at a yaft Ftice is boi^ht : ^\ 

^ocafy ftlD within thete narrow Bmmds, • ij 

Thy next Defigo is on thy Neighboui's Gnxmds:. n; 
His Crop iavices, to fall Perf^op grows^ ■■ ^i^ 
Thy own fions thin>. becauie it is thy. own £ 
The Purchafi therefore is demanded ftrcightf • • 

And if he wiH not (ell, or makes thee wiit^ 
A Teem of Oxen, in the Night are ient 
(Star?'d tor the purpo(e, and with Labour (pent) 
To take Free Charter, which in one half Hour 
The Pains and Produd of a Year devour : 
Then, feme are bafely Brib'd to vow it looks 
Moft plainly done by Thieves with Reapng-hoduL 
Such mean Revenge, committed undcrhandai 
Has ruinM many, an Acre of good Land*. 
What if Men tsdk, and Whifpersgo aboutf. 
Pointing the Malice and its Author out ? 
He values not what they can fay, or do |, 
For who will dare a Mony'd Man to fue ? 
Thus he wou'd rather curs'd and envy*d bt^i 
Than lov*d and prafs^d in honctt Poverty. 
But to podefi a kmg and happy Life» 
Freed firom Difeafes, and (ecure from Strife $ 
Give me, ye Gods, the Produ^of one'9Field, 
As large as that which the firft JB^nums TilTdi 

\9 PiiUt y^ The Field of i «u the '^gieatjift part rf i 

^rtb ox CmfuiMsr$i0t^^hUk I a^«««» fiiDjj^^ wbea in h^ I 

fiuu 



. XIV. JU F E N J L. 2J09 

9 

9 I ndtber may be Rich nor Poor, 
iving juft enough, not covet more. 
as then. Old Soldiers covered o'er with Scars,^ 
ilarks of ^^fyrrhmt or the *^Pmick Wars J 
ht all paft Services rewarded well, 
:heir (hare at laft two Acres fell : 
Qmntr j's frugal Bounty } ) fo of old 
•od, and Life, at a low Market (old. 
. then, this little Spot of Earth well TiD'd, 
'rous Family With Plenty fill'd^ 
K)d old Man and thrifty Houfewife fpent 
>ays in Peace, and fatten'd with Contents 
i the Dregs of Life, and Uv'd to fie 
■defcc dd i n g healthful Progeny, 
en were fafliion'd io a lai^ Mould i 
omen fit for labour, Big and Bold, 
ick Hind^, as loon as Work was done,' 
ir huge Pots of boiling Pulfi wou'd run: 
>, with eager Joy, on homely Food} 
eir Jarge Veins beat flrong with wholfome Blood* 
two Acres were a bounteous Lot, 
Icarce they fenre to make a Garden-Plott. 
^ce the greateft part of His defcend, 
Lnft of getting more will have no end ; 
ftiH, our weaker Padions does command. 
Its the Sword and Poifon in our Hand, 
oveti Riches, cannot brodk delay, 
trs, and bears down all that flops his way: 



nder T^mmlm and T4' 
SAbintt his Copartneri 
\A p^% t^o Sake of the 
dies he bioaght along 
m. 

*Tfrrhm King of the £- 
I formidable Enemy to 
M«i, teagh at laft o- 



vercome by 'em. He dyed t 
veiy little Death (as 'tis the 
Fate of Tome Hexoes) being 
Martyz'dby the Fall of a Tile 
fcQm a Houfe. 
21 Wais ag aloft the r«r- 

Not 



*io JXJ F B N At. Sat. XTf 

Nor Law, faor checki of Confcieoce will be Iietr» 
When ia hot fcent of Gain, and full Career. 

But hark, how ancient ^'AdCur/M/ did adrife » 
My Sons, let theft fmali Cots and Hills fuffice ^ 
Let us the Harveft of our Labour eat $ 
'Tis Labour makes the coarfefl; Diet fweet: 
Thus much to the kind Rural Gods wc owe» 
Who pity'd fufTring Mortals long ago % 
When on har(h'3 Acorns hungrily they fed| 
Afld gave 'em nicer Paktesx. better Bread. 
The Country Peafant meditates no hanOf 
When dad with Skins of Beafts to keep him Wicfll^. 
In Winter- Weather, unconcern'd he goea. 
Almoft Knee-deep through Mire, in c)tmi^^hocai 
Vice dwells In Palaoct* is richly dreft. 
There gbws in Soarlei» and the TJfrum Veft. 
The wifer Ancients theie Inftru^ons gave » 
But now a Covetous old Crafty Knave, 
At dead of Night (hall rowze his Son, and cry^. 
IHirn out, you Rogue, how like a Beaft you He : 
Go, buckle to the Law \ is this an Hour 
To ftvetch jour Limbs ? You'll ne'er be ChanceOor I. 
Or elfe your felf to LdtUus recommend, 
To fuch broad Shoulders S4 LdUus is a Friend : 
Fight under him, there's Plunder tp be had» 
A Captain is a very gainful Trade: 
And when in Service your beft Days are (peoly 
In time you may Command a Regiment. 
But if -the Trumpet'iB Clangour you abhor, 
And dare not be an AUerman of War \ 



11 Mdffkst a thrifty Hns- 
bandman, from whom the 
Mar/i were fo call'd, a labori- 
ous People, fomc 1$ Miles di- 
iaot fxom 1^#. 



21 Mankind fed on Aeon 
'till Cius the Goddeft of Cc 
infiiufted them to fow Giai 

24 Some General Offices 
the it^mm Asmj, 

Ti 



». XIV. JUFEN AL. Vk% 

; to a Sbop* behind a Cbanter ficy 
It half in half; none thtive by Honefty : 
ff refled upon the fordid Ware 
ch you expoies be Gain your onl^ Care, 
h^t grows Rich by. (cowringof a Sink, 
wherewithal to jaftify the Stink. 
Sentence, worthy Jovi himielf, Record 
me, and takp it on a Poet's Word : 
'have Money, is a neceflary Task, 
tnn whence 'tis got the World will never askf 
;ht by their Nurfes, little Children get 
Saying, fooner than their Alphabet. 
(t Cure a Father takes to teach his Sott* 
i H-tiin'd Induftry, to be undone ! 
m him to Natare» and you'll quicUy find 
tender Cock'ril takes juft after Kind; 
forward Youth will without drhring go, 
learn t'out-ihooe you in your pri^per Bow*, 
anch as ^f^ his own Sire exceD'd, 
was the Brawnier Blockhead in the Fitld^ 
Namie in the Boy but ftronger growt 
an the Father foon it felf will ihow; 
a firft the Down appears upon his Chhi» 
afinall Sum he {wears through thick and thin^ 
3irf/ Altar vents his Perjury, 
Uafts her Holy Image With a Lyc^s 
Rich Wife he Marries, in her Bol 
8 found, by-Da^^er, or by Poiibn, Dead : 
ile Merchants make long Voyages by Sea» 
get Eftatcs he cuts a (borter way^ 
ni^y Mifchiefs little Labour liei: 
iver CouniHl'd this, the Father cries. 
KO, bale Man, he Copy'd this from thee i 
■ft was the prime, original Villany. 
he who covets Gain to fuch Ezcdfs, 
I bj dumb S^oa himi(lf as much expcef^ 



«> J^VB, Nj/l: 'Bat, XI 

Af if tn Wordf at kogtb Jbe fliow'i Ui Mind : 
Tfajr bid Example made mm Sia by Kind. 
But who can Toatli» let hok to Vtce» icQraiii? 
When once the hard-mouth'd Horfi; has got the RiM 
He's paft thj ^ow*r to Ctofpi Toang f£utmh 
By the wild Coiai»Qt\^llmcj drawn. 
From Eaft to North, irregularly hqrl'd, 
Tnfk fit on fire himfilf, and then the WocU. 

Aftrdogers aflure loog Life« yoa&y? 
Your Son can tell you better much than they. 
Your Son and Heir, whole Hopes your Lifie deky. 
Poiibn will work againft the Stars : bewan I . 
For ev'ry Meal an Antidote pmare: 
^Andlet^ird^itfMriibmeGoidiiu.fariiut . : i- 



Fit for a wea^jr Famcr,. or a King. . 

What ^ght more plei^&nt, in his PttfaickSlKMlili^ 
Did e?er Praetor on the Stage eacpofe 
Than are fuch Um as evVy D^ we iee^ < 

Whofe chief Miftiap» and only Miicry 
Isto be over-ftockil with ready Q>in, 
wSkh'aow they bring to watchful^yC^ar'sSfarineS' > 
Since hdars, whom jgtc the great Revenger oA, 
Loft bii own Helmet, and was ftript of alL 
'Tis time duU Theatres we ihoo*d jFociake». . 
When bufy Men much more Diverfion make« 
The Tumblers Gambols fome Delight afiord, 
No lefs the nimble CapVer on the Cord % 
But thcfe are ftill iniipid Stuff to thee, 
Coop'd in a Ship, and tols'd uj>on the Sea. 

• 
as Not that the Shriiie was | bad an Eye to their GoJ 
fecut'd by the care of the God i well as theii Monies, M 



CafioTy for jHvinal knew theit 
Gods cou'd have no fuch thing 
as Care} but it was lin'd with 
afitoog Guard ef Soldiei9|Who 



Ihould^ be ftoln, or tuu% 
as Mars was. Odr Poet < 
him watchful C^^ jaoM 



Sat. XIV; JUVENAL. Z13 

Baie Wretch, expos'd by thy own covetous Mind 
To the deaf Mercy of the Waves and Wind. 
The Dancer on the Rope, with doubtful tread, 
Gets wiierewithal to cloath and buy him Bread, 
Nor covets more than Hunger to prevent ; 
Boc nothing Ie(s than Millions thee content.: 
Wint Shipwrecks and dead Bodies choak the Sea ; 
The numerous Fools that were betray'd by^ thee ! 
For at the charming Call ot pow'rful Gain, 
Whole Fleets equipt appear upon the Main, 
And ipight of ^^ Lthysm and ^^ Carpathian Gale, 
Beyond the limits or known Earth they fail; 
A Labour worth the while, at lad to brag 
(Wjien fafe returned, and with a ftrurting Bag) 
What Finny Sea-Gods thou haft had in view» 
More than our lying Poets ever knew. 
What ieveral Madnefles in Men appear ! 
Ot^mV runs from fancy'd Furies here; 
Ajax ^^ belabours there an harmlefs Ox, 
And thinks that Agamemnon feels the Knocks. 
Nor is indeed that Man lefs Mad than thefe. 
Who Freights a Ship to venture on the Seas s 
With one frail interpofing Plank to fave 
From ccrtafs Deaths rolled on by ev'ry Wave: 



2( Lihynn and Cdrpathidn 
Cdte. The firft ^ South- Wcift, 
the latter, as we tezm-^it at 
Sea, a ftrong Levant, 
''. 17 Or^eii iaid tohehiQnt- 
cd by Faxics, foi killing his 
MMLei ChpmnefiHi the Wife 

iJ»t.^4ir.th)cSiu ef^W4iB«», 

mmn^n gave the Axmm^ of 



^chilUs from Kim to Vlyfftl 
But the miftakiug ^lamem- 
norij 01 his Brother MeneUus^ 
for Oxen, ot Oxen foe tbem> 
was not lb gtoft $ fbk they 
were both famoufly Korn'4 : 
Aadif iLeport fays^tme, ^}ix 
need not have fj^ix^dVlyfit^ 
fince Ftneioft knew which 6f 
her Saitort cou'd (hoor beft in 
kes Hnsbttd*! Bow. 



«I4 ^UTtN At, Skt. tSS 

Tet Sil?er makes him all this Toil embrace, 
Ailver with lUUs ftampc, and a dull MmntrA^ Fsoe. 
When gathViog Clouds o'er-fhadow all the Skies, 
And (hoot quick Lightnings, Weigh, mj Bojs, k Of 
A Summer's Thun&, fodn it will be pift ! 
Yet, hardy Fool, this Night may prove thy kft; .^ 
When thou (thy Shipo*er-whelm'd with Wa?e»} ftdtk 
Forced to plunge naked iii the raging Sea ; 
Thy Teeth hard prefs'd, a Purie fuU of dear Goli 
The laft Remaihs of all thy Treafive hold. 

Thus he — 
Whofe (acred Hunger, all the Stores that lie 
In Yellow ^9 T/i^M/ cou'd notfatisfyj 
Does now In tatter'd CkMths at fome Ijuie's en! 
A painted Storm for Charity extend. 

With Care and Trouble great Eftates we gun) 
When got, we keep 'em with more Care and NlU 
Rich 3° Licioiii his Servants ready ftand. 
Each with a Water-Bucket in his Hand, 
Keeping a Guard, for fear of Fire, all Nights 
Yet Ucmus is always in a Fright. 
His curious Statues, Amber- Works, and Plate, 
Still firefli enaeafing Pangs of Mind create. 
The 3 (naked C^nkVs Jar ne'er flames ; if brokcB 
'Tis quickly (odder'd, or a newbeipoken. 

When Alexander firft beheld the Face 
Of the great Cpick, in that narrow (pace i 



29 Tdjpit, a Rivei in Spdin, 
faid to be foil of Gold Sand. 
This Tdffts ku loft its good 
Qnalitics time ont of Mind, oi 
the SpMtiwd has Coin*d it dry j 
for now they fetch thexi Gold 
from the indiet^ and then •- 
thes Nations fetch It fxm 



them. 
10 Some noted nchl 

SI NdkU CrniekJ IN 
a (nailing Dog-Pluk 
(for there have been Dc 
lofopheis, as wcU as? 
DoggreL) 



.r, XIV. yu^ £ JSr ^ It fci|5 

own Condidon thus he did brneiit : 

r moch more happy thou« that art content 

life within this little Hole, than! 

D after Empire, that vain Quarrj, "fly $ 

pGog with Dangers wherefoe'er I roam» 

lb thou haft all the Conquer'd World at hom^ 

I'ffirtune a Goddeis is to Fools alone» 

I Wife are always Matters of their own. * 

ay ask me #hat wou*d fiitisfy 

make Life eafy, thus I wou'd reply: 

moch as keeps out Hunger, Tbirft, and Cokt 

what contented 3» Sccrdtes of old : 

much as made wife Epicurus bleft, 

in (mail Gardens fpacious Realms pofleft; 
is is what Nature's Wants may well fuffice': 
that wou'd more» is covetous, not wife. 

fiace among Mankind ib few there are 
to vnSi conform to Philofopbick Fare ) 
as much I Ml indulge thee for thy Eafe 

1 mingle fomething of our Times to pleaie : 
stfbre enjoy a plentiful Eflate, 

much asiwill a Knight of Rom* create 
UKrfckn Law: And if that will not do» 
lUe^ and take as much as will make Two: 
ft Three, to fatisfy the laft Defire: 
if to more than this thou doft afpire i 



\ SBCTdies and Eficurus^ two 
Fhilorophexs, contented 

I the bare NeceiHiries of 
s The ^tSt of thefe was 

Bii'd the beft Moral Phi- 

^cr, the latter the beft 

vnL 
^tkm Uw i fo call'd 

I iipBim oitf Tiibune of 



the Feoyle, who niade a Lav* 
That none ihou*d fit in the 
14 fiift Seats of the Theatre^ 
unlefs they were worth 400 
SifiirtiumSf ptr %Ann$tmf that 
is, above |ooe /. of out Mo- 
nies, and thefe were eflecm*d 
Noblemen, ifftfs^u 

BeGeft 



.M6 y ITF'Bir^L. Sat. J 

B^eveme, all the lUdn of the Eafl, 

The Wodth of OM^ cuQM make tbee bleft t 

The Trrtrnrr" rim fiat to tS^t^ gat, 

Weii'd nuke tbce. CEm^mi like, u ataat Skie i 

Who to obejr Ini mJefatj Mhikia'i Will, 

Did Ui br'd Empita JM^fUiM kill 

14 eltmdimi Ae fifth Csftr, ■ ymlhi aai Ui^Kfui, uA 
who hid no bc«a Lock In I of the GiMt JUs ia i 
a Wi& tku U< Kndeocffiu^l 17. 




^'pr. 



( 



["7 3 




V V E N A L 



THE 



'IFTEENTH SATYR,' 



By Mv. T A T E. 



The ARGUMENT. 

this Satyr^ againji the Suferjittion andCrnelty if 
■he -Egyptians, ^tis probable our Author baa bis 
Old Fr tend CviCpmn^ (who was of that Country) 
n his Eye \ and to whom he had ^atd his Refpe£ts 
*nore than once before. 7'he Scene is how rC' 
mov*d from Rome, which pews our Author a 
wofejt Enemy off^ice wherejoever be meets witb 
it. But if by the Change ofPlace^ bis SubjeS and 
Performance in this Satyr j be (as fome tbinky 
more Barren than in his others (the People being 
obfcure and mean Rabble^ whofe Barbarous Faa^ 
he relates) we find in it however^' Sprinklings of 
the fame Moral Sentiments and Reflexions that 
Adorn the reft. 

L VS»^ 



ii« y U FEN jiL. ^AT.XY. 

HOW Sffpt, tnad with Superftition growth 
Makes GoJs of MonCters, but too wdl ii known: 
One Scd Devotion to Niie*s > Serpenf pays; 
^hers to * /^//, that on Serpents preys. 
Where, ^TheSes^ thy Hundred Gates lye unrepair'd. 
And where maim'd ^Memmn's Magick Harp is beard» 
Where thefe are Mouldring, let the Sots combine 
With pious Care a Monkiy to enflirine! 
Filh^ods you'll meet with Fins and Scales overgrown }% 
J)ianM\Do& ador'd in ev'ry Town, v 

Her t>ogs &^e Tetoples, but the Gi^ddefs tumd J 

'Tis Mortal Sin an Onion to devour. 
Each Clove of GarKck is a facred Pow'r. 
ReKgious Nations fure, and bled Abodes, 
Where evVy Orchard is o*er-run with Gods! 
To Kill, is Murder, Sacrilege to Eat 

A Kid or Lamb Man's Flcfli is lawful Meat! 

Of fuch a Prcdice when sUfyps told. 

What think you? Cou'd jitci^us' G\ic^s with-hoU 



1 The Crocodile. 

z A iort of Bird in thofe 
)»Art9, that is a great Defixoyci 
of Serpents. 

I Theiret in Bceotia had fe- 
ven Gates, tikis in E^ypt an 
hundred, and therefore call'd 
iRfcatdrnpyiuj, 

4 This ColoJfM, or Marble 
Statue oiMtmhont held a Harp 
in its Hand, which utter'd 
Muiical Soundsi when fttuck 
by the Beams of the lifing 
^unj which Str4tbo tells us, 
that he both faw and heard, 

hut cg^f ffici he ii j\o( .abU to 



^0tgn the Cabfe. He adds, 
that one half of this Statue 
was fall'n in an £axthquake> 
from which Mmilation and 
Continuance of the flrange 
Sdunds (fuppos'-d to proceed 
f^om Magrdc)xHii Author fays, 
Oimidio ymdgicM teftnant nbi 
Memnone Chords, 

5 HfMf introduces VljffiS 
SbipwieckM at the Ifland ^r- 
cyrst and Treated by ^Uinvm, 
who there ReignM King of 
the Phsacs; at whofe Table 
he recited tlie foUo^fag Paf- 
fj^es. 



^\5i9Qbw 



Sat. XV. J U F E N jt L. 119 

'From Scorn or Rage? Shall we (a\t% one) ^mit 
TWs Lewd Romancer, and his liantr'mg Wu f 
Nor on Charibdis' Rock beat out his Brains, 
Or fend him to the Cyclops whom he feigns. 
XyfScyWs Dogs, and Jfranger.Flams than thefe^ 
Cyane'il Rocks that juftle in the Seas, 
XtfPf^mds in Bags (for Mirth fake) let him tell^ 
,And of. his Mates turned Swine by CnceV SpeU^ 
But Men to eat Men, Human Faith furfajfes: 
This Tyav*ller takes ^ Ifianders for AJfes, 
Thas the incred'Ious ThAOc (^having yet 
Drank but one Round) rcply'd in fober Fret* 
Nor without Reafon truly, iince the Board 
(For Proof. oW Fad) had but XJlygts' Word. 
What I relate's more flrange, and ev*n exceeds 
All Regifters of Purple Tyrants Deeds : 
Portentous Mifchiefs they but fingly ^€t, 
A Multittidc confpir'd to this more horrid Fa^« 
Prepare, I fay, to hear of fuch a Crime 
As Tragtck Poets, iince the Birth of Time, 
Ne'er feigo'd, a thronging Audience to amaze; 
But true, and perpetrated in our Days. 

Ombus and Tentyr, Neighb'ring Towns, of late 
Broke into Outrage of decp-fcftcr'd Hate. 
A Grutch in both, time out of mind, begun. 
And motually bequeathed from Sire to Son. 
Religious Spight and pious Spleen bred firfl: 
Tlus Quarrel, which fo long the Bigots nurd. . 
Each calls the other's God a fenfelefi Stock, 
His own. Divines tho'irom the felf-fame Block 
One Carver firam'd then, di£Pring but in Shape, 
A Serpent this refembling, that an Ape. 



< The Symj>legades,tvtofioAs 
10 the Mouth.of the B^ofpharms, 

.which bciji^ at iHcc dii^aoce 



from each other, feem to fltikc 
upon one another, as the Sav> 
loxs pafs V^ ^tiEL« 



L % "T^ 



Sat. XV. J U F E N AL.. 221- 

For their Defence, or by Tjfdides thrown, 
That brufht JEntm* Creft, and (Irtsck him down. 
Of weight wouM make two Men (Irein hard to raiic»-. 
Such Men as liv'd in honed ^ Homer's Days : 
Whom .Giants yet to us we mud allow. 
Dwindled into a Race of Pigmies now $ 
The Minh and Scorn of Gods that fee us fight. 
Such little Wafps, and yet fo full of Spight : 
For Bulk meer Infedls, yet in Mifchief drong, 
And, fpent fo ill, our (hort Life's much too long ! 
Freih Forces now of Tentyritesy from Town, 
With Swords and Darts, to aid their Friends, come down. 
Who with fleet Arrows levell'd from afar. 
Ere they themielves approach*d, fecure the War, 
Hard fet before, what cou*d the Ombites do? 
They fly; their. prefTmg Foes as hSi purfue. 
An OmhitB tVntch (hj headlong hade betray'd« 
And falling down i'th'Rout) is Prisoner made*. 
Whofi Ffefh torn off by.Lumps, the ra?'nou& Foe 
In Morielscut, to make it farther go; 
His Bones clean picked, his very Bones they gnaw; 
No Stomach's baulkt, becaufe the G>rps is raw. 
Thad been loft time to drefs him — keen Dedre 
Supplies the want of Kettle, Spit, and Fire. 
(Promitkeus' Ghod is fure o*er-joy*d to fee 
His Heav-n-dol'n Fire from fuch Difader free: 
Nor feems thefparkling Element lefs pleas'd than he. 
The Gueds are found too numerous for the Treat, 
But all, it feems, who had the luck to ear, 
Swear they ne*er taded more delicious Meat, 
thef fwear, and fuch good Palates you fhou'd trud^ 
Who doubts the Relifh of the drd free Gud ? 

.t, Alluding to that of Hmir in the Jli/ul. 'Oi iTt/i ^TriT/t 
li/oify, •tit fvf fifori H€u 

L 3 Since 



2i% JUVENAL. Sat. XV.. 

Since one who had i*ch' Rear exdaded bcen» 
And cou'd not for a Taftc o*th' Flcib come in, 
Licks the foil'd Earth, which he thinks full as good;. 
While reeking with a mangled OmM% Biood. 

The 9 Vafcons once with Man's Fkfh (aa 'tis iasd^ 

Kepc4ife aiul Soul together grant they didi 

Their Cafe was difTrent ; with long Siege diifarefi'd>. 

And all Extremities of War opprefi'd. 

(For Miicrable to the laft Degree, 

Th' Excufe of fuch a Pra6);ice ought to be.^ 

With Creature's, Vermin, Herbs or Weed* {uftiin'd^ 

While Creatures, Vermin, Herbs, or Weods' 

'Till to fuch meagre Spfe^acles riduc'd, 

As ev'a ComptiTioa in the Foe produced : 

Acquitted bj the Idtms of the Dead^ 

And Ghofts of Carcafles on which they fed. 

By ^Zeno's Dodrine we are taught, ^is true^. 

For Life's fupport no harmless thing to do. 

But Zeno never to the VafcMs read j 

(Tis fince their Days that Civil Arts have ipread: 

'Twas lately Briti/h Lawyers, from the Ganl^ 

Learnt to Harangue, and Eloquently Bawl. 

Jhule hopes next t'improve her Northern Style, 

And Plant (where yet no Spring did ever fmilc) 

With Flow'rs of Rhctorick her frozen Ille.) 

That brave the Vafcons were, we muft confefs^ 

Who Fortitude prcferv'd in fuch diftrcft. 

Yet not the Brightieft their Example fhines. 

Eclipsed by the more NoWe * » SaguHtmes} 



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9 In the Town Cali^lis, be- 
ikg'd by Metellm. 

10 The Principal of the 
Stoicks. 

11 The Confederates of l^»»f, 
who being bcficg M by HAnni- 
kal foi eight Months, and ha- 



ving fufifet'd aH Estremiticf^ 
at laft ere^d one great Pilc^ 
in which chey burnt themfelves 
with theii Dead, as alfo all 
their Gtfods.Vo leave tfat tvxr 
my no ^luncfer. 

Who 



Sat. XV. y U rE NA'L. ttv 

Wbo both the Foe, and Famise to beguik; 
For E>ead and Living raiVd one common Pile; 

MAotU firh did Impious Rites devi/ci 
Ot treating Gods with Human Saaifice: 
But faUagjB Eg^fth Cruelty exceeds 
The ^"^Scythaq Shrine, where, tho* theCaptivt hlecu^r 
Secure of Burial when his Life is fled» 
The murdVing Knife's thrown by, when oqcx the Victim's 

dead. 
Did Famine to this moaftr.oai Fad compel. 
Or did the Mifcreants try this Conjuring SpeD» 
lo time of Drought to mak^ the NirZr to fi^?. 
Amongft the n^ged Cimhuufs^ or, the Race. 
Of GmuIs^ or fiercer TmmM can you trace 
An Outrage of Ri^vengp likcthif* puifu^ 
By an effeminate Scoundrel Multitude T 
Whole uti^oft Dfujbig is to aoi^ the Nr^ 
In painted, £k)9tfi> to nrigbt.thc. Cr<xx)dilcu 
Can Men, or more refipting Qod^ inren^ 
Or Hdl infli|^ropQrtion*d PuniChment 
Oo^arlets^ who cou'd^treaf Reyengrand-Sf^g!^ 
With fuch a Feaft, as Famine's &lf wpi^'d Sajht/ 

Compainon proper to Alsipldbdappes^rs, 
Which Nature witnefs'd when (he lent uf 19^: 
Of tender Sentiniqits wp ot^ly gi^e 
Tho(e Proofs: To W4ep is ou;;:; Precpgajtiyef ., 
To (hew, by pitying, ^ook^, i|n() n^flting %jsf^ 
How with a fu£ring Friend v^e fympaf hizc; I 
Nay, Tears will ev'nJ&om si w^oog'd Orpjiiai^ {lt<^' 
When his fi^fi; Guafdij^i at^ th^ B^ is try'd: 
So tender, fb un;(^i)ling to acc^fe. 
So oft the Rofes, ^ Us Cbuoqk bqifkw^' 

12 The Temple o|. I>knj^ Tdnritst whctc thief 1bidic*i 
^xangecs, 

L 4 Si 



M4 yVFENAL. Sat. X 

So fofit his TrelTes, fill'd with trickling Pearl, 
You'd doubt his Sex. and take him for a Girl. 
B'lrapulfe of Nature (chough to us unknown 
The Party be) We make the Loii our owns 
And Tears fteal from our Eyes, when in the Street 
With ibme betrothed Virgin^s Hearfe we meet} 
Or Infant's FunVal, from the cheated Womb 
Convey'd to Earth, and cradled in a Tombr 
Who can all fenie of others Ills efcape» . 
Is but a Brute at beft in human ^pe. 
This nat'ral Piety did firft refine 
^r Wit, ahd'rais'dour Thoughts to things Dhrine: 
This proves our Spirit of the Gods Defcent, 
While that of Beafts is prone and downward bent. 
To them but Earth-born Lilt they did difpencci 
To us, for mutual Aid, Cctkftial Senfe. 
From (faragling Mountaineers, for publick Good 
To Rank in Tribes, and quit the ialrage Wood* 
Heuies to build, and them contiguous make» 
For cheerful Neighbourhood and Safety*^ fikc. 
In War, a Common Standard to ere^, 
A wounded Friend in Battel to prote£t \ 
The Summons take of the fame Trumpet's Call 
To (ally from one Port, or Man one publick WalL 
But Serpents now more Amity maintain! 
From Spotted Skins the Leopard does refrain : 
No weaker Lion's by a ftronger (lain: 
Nor, from his Larger Tusks, the Forell Boar 
Commiifion takes his Brother- Swine to gore: 
Tyger with Tyger, Bear with Bear you'll find 
In Leagues Offenfive and Defenfive join'd. 
But lawlefs Man the Anvil dares prohne. 
And forg'd that Steel by which a Man is (lain! 
Whteh Earth, at firfl, for Piow-(hares did afford. 
Nor yet the Smith had learnt to locm a Sword. 



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IT. XV. J V K B N A L. 

impioui Qew we have beheU, whole Rage 
ar Bn'miet very Ijfe coa'd not ifTwage. 
els thej Banquet on the Wretch they OirvT, 
our Che Corpi, and like rhe Blood they diew! 
at think you wou'd T-/ih»jBrai have faid 
Tuch a Foift, tx to what Defart fled( 
o Fleih of Aoimals retus'd to eat, 
- held all Ibrti of Paile.^ lawful Meac 



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B7 Mr. D.M.TD E N,.ii 

The ARGUMENte' 

Tie Poet in this Skiyr, praHfeSj «l4f Utel^Jam 
of a Soldier is much tetter thmi tiia W^onn- 
try MaM: Firji^ becaufe n Comntry Hmei iow- 
ever affronted^ fntvoked^ emdfirfukhimfe^^ iesni 
notftrike « Soldier ; tvbd is mfy ^ i^ judged by a 
Court-Martial: And iy Am tjlftv d/CSmillus, 
vjbick obliges him not to, f^arrel without tie 
TreufheSy he is alJbifffkrVto have afpeedyhear- 
ing^ and quick d'Jpatdlll^ Whereas^ the Townf^ 
man^ or Feafant^ is delayed in his Suit tyjriva- 
hus Pretences^ and not jure of Juftiee when he 
is heard in the Court. The Soldier is alfoprivi" 
leg*d to make a IVill^ and to give away his£/iatey 
which he got in IVar^ to whom he pleafes^ with- 
out confideratton of Parentage^ or Relations; 
which is denied to all other Romans. T^hn 
Satyr was written by Juvenal, when be was a 
Commander in -flEgypt : '7// certainly hisj th^ 

I think 




S4T. XVI- 7^jr]^n4]^. W7 

/ think it notfi^ij^'4' 4M. if if he mV #^'fl(i 
you will find he ii^t^H4e4 Mi I^V4^iy(f ^^^ ^ 
Standing Army. 

TT7HAT vaft Prcrcgatifcs, ipy Gi^s, gfe 
^^ Accruing tp the mighty Mtin of W.^t? 
For, if into a lucky Canip I light, 
Tho' raw in Arms, and yet afraid Ro Fight, 
Befriend ffle» my good Stars, and aU goe^ right, - 
Ose happy Hour is to a Soldier better. 
Than Mother > Jmo's Recommending Lettert 
Or Vennsy when to Mmts (he wou'd prefer 
My Suit, aod own the Kindnefs do;ie (o Her. 

See what our common Privileges ve: 
Af, firft, ao iawcy Citizen (hall dare 
To ftrike a Soldier, nor when ftruck, rcTent 
The Wrong, for fear of farther Punifbtpent: 
N[ot tho' his Teeth are heateo out, his Eyes 
H^g by a flriog, in Bumbs hU Forehead riii^. 
Shall he prefume to mention his DUgrace> 
Or beg amends for his demoliib'd Faqe. 
A Booted Judge (hall iit to try his Cauie* - 
Not by the Statute,, but by Martial \jiyfs% - 
Which ok) ^ d/^r/Zwj order'd, to confine 
The Brawls of Soldiers to the Trench. a(\4 Line ; 
A wife Provifion; and from thence 'tis deart 
lllat Officer's a Soldier's Caufe ihou'd hear: 
And taking Cognizance of Wrongs rcceiv'd, - 
Aa honeft Man may hope to be relieved. . 



I jMn$ was Motheito Jkf4r/ 
tlif 6p4 of Wax 1 K#ni»iwas 

% CsmllMs (jvho being ficft 

.^to^d, hy his. ungrateful 

CouQtxy<jMathe^^4>i/, afr- 

Uxwaids xctuzA'dy aA4 fx^cd 



(hem from the ^4V^,}.|bfd4 
a Lav, which ^tohibk/ed .the 
Soldiess- from .Q^relliog. 
wit^ut the Camp, left .t»p«i» 
that JPxetence.<hey might hap*, 
pea ,10 be ableat, whei^thqp 
ought to be oa V\»j^ 

So: 



5a ». XVI. J WE NA L «3) 

More Benefits remain, and claimM as Rt^Si 
Which are a ftanding Army's Pot^uidtes. 
[f any Rogue vexatious Suits advance 
^gaind me for my known Inheritance^ 
Enter by Violence- n»y Fruittol Grounds, 
Or take the iaaed Land- Mark from my Bounds 
Thofe Bounds, which with PoflelTion and withFjrayV), 
And f offer'd Cakes, have been my annual Care : 
Or if my Debtors do not keep their Day, 
Deny their Hands, ^and then refiiib to pay^ 
I muft with Patienee all the Terms attend. 
Among the-common Cades that depend, 
*Till mine is call'dj and that long k>ok'd*for Day^; 
Is ftill encumbcr'd with fome new Delay : 
Perhaps ^ the Cloth of State is only fpreadt 
S<Miic of the ^mrurn may be fick a-bed \ 
That Jadge is hot, and'dofifs his Gjwn, while thta- 
Cer Night was bo wile, and goes out ta pHi : . 
So. many Rubs appear, the time is gone 
For hearing, and the tedious Suit goes on: 
But Bufifand Bek-Men never know thefi Caret^ . 
No Time, nor Ttick of Law, their A6tion Bars: . 
Their Caufe they to an eafier IfTue puti 
They will be heard, or they lug out, and cut 

Another Branch of their Revenue (HA 
Remains, beyond: their boondkfs Right tp. kill. 
Their 7 Father yet aUve» impowr'd to make a Will 

For, 

5 Land-Marks were u(ed 
by the %omtins^ almoft in the 



fame maonet as now: And 
aawe go once a Year in Pro- 
ceflion, about the Bounds of 
Paciihes, a^(^xcnew them, fo 
ritey; o£^i^ Cakes upon the 
Icone, oc land-Maik« 
< The Conxts^f Jttdicatttsc 



were huag, and fpread, as 
with us \ but fpread only be- 
fore the Hundred Judges were 
to fit, and judge Pobllck 
Caufes, which were called by 
Lmu 

7 The H^mAn Soldiers had 
the Privilege of making a 
W1U| lA thdi Fathci*! Life- 



Ite. irfiit tkk Fkmtdf ftf d, dicUwdMn 
b to dmifilvei aloae^ v4 to deir Hdpi: 
No Shut of due goa hflMck to tbe BcgettBr» 
Bnt if the Son %^ wdD, aod phojers bcct|iw 
like Hoot dr^mh Us oU flaUng Sita 
Dbest lUincfiilvaiice w lui 1X5D defire: 
loqpifitiveofF^^t «odlioiigs in tm 
T9 find Wm in the I<Iiiniher of the S)#ii : 
Bnt ftiBheIife«»>|id rffigg bj tbe W|ff, 
Injoff Uf Gdiii!^ tod hu jcoomb toipne: . 
Fbr 'tit t Noble GeacnTsprodeDC Ito 
To cherifh VaIoar« and reward Ddbtr 
lirt him be dtwb*d with I^ce, Ihre b^j fod 
S^mctiiiies be Lov£e» bot be aetcr P^or. 



tioie* of whit tb^ lad pnr- 
di«'4 in tlus Waifc, as bdag 
ae ptit of ibdr Yatrimoiiy : 
1 J this wyi -akfj bad Power 
•f exdndijig thdi oim Pa*- 
seott» and fifing fikjt fiftatr, 
ia. fottai» to ohoai liief 



plcaaM< TbcrafiMay 
P«et,CmWt(aS0ld 
tevpoiary with 7«?« 
had nds^d his Foitn 
Wass) was conned 
own father to n^ 
iicic. 




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Made EMgUfo 

By Mr. P K r D E K 



Sapius in Lihr(f MtmoratftrPtrfiMs uno,, 
Qugm levis in tota Mar£us AmatomiU. 

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LO N D O N: 
PfiRted in the Yb A n MDCCXXVL' 



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Jl/r. D R y D E N, 

O N HIS 

Tranflation ofPERSIVS. 

AS 'mbm of Old Hmiek Story fills 
Of Xntghts imprifon^d kng 6f MagickSfilb, 
TiUfiitWi lim th dift'm'd Hero fend. 
By whom tin dire Enchantment is to end: 
SMchfiims this fVorkf and fo referv^d for the$. 
Thou great Revealer of dark Potfii, 

Thofe ftdlon Clotidst which have for Ages fafi, 
OV Pcrfius'i toO'lmg'fuffrmg Mufo been cajl, 
Vifperfe, and Jfy before thy /acred Pen, 
Andi in their room, bright Tracks of Light an fem* 
$wr€ Phcehus* filf thyfwelUng Breaft inffires^ 
The God of Mtifickf and Poet iek Fires: 
Bl/e, whence proceeds this great Surfrife of Light! 
How dawns this Day^ forth from the IVornb of J^tghtl 

Oter PTonder, now9 does our pafi Folly flmh 
Vainly Contemning what, we did not know : 
^Jb» Unbelievers impioujfy defpifo 
The Sacred Orades, m Myfteries, 



VerfioSy iifirw* mfiffsU tfinm wms imd^ 
CK^./^.iir ipim^t mtt^Mi n^U/ 

J^ pkn it m tim F$i^*s SMOfd ffyit. 

As Cm, Mdf Uursfmi ttrnfut MBMfdfi Kir4- 
2)r mvri that ks mtrmfick Worth will fM/s: 
39W0"trigh$ Jwmg$t, wUeh i^ htjt M^ 
JU£ mr$ht0 Wmki miMgfufittthi GM 
^ym 90, mU $hb faUming T^tafitrt 9w$f 
2My Hippoatoe, i^H^ 

(M^mckVktmt tlsdmrttjggidLmesp 

Th Us Mtipitf was f»id% nvtmmi 
S§ wntt vhatevir Fraift from tit it Aoi 
Woki^t Hpt /#t7U Perfite^ hit fbontm 
Vorfi'ttt Oififini torn noXJ^hoavosf 
Dead in him/elf, in Toss Mhno ho avos* 

So, ftuUorn Tlints their hmird Httu emcooik. 
^11 Art tmd IPorto tJI^HnwiUiwg Sfarks rovoalt 
But thr^ your Skill, from tho/o fmaRSeodt of Igrop 
Briibt Flmnot arifr, which notHiram Bxfiro^ 



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It of the Prohgue to the^ Firft Satyr. 

'tajkf^ (f tbe Afabor wss to conceal bis Name 
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_ ^mality* He lived in the dmgerous Times 
tbe Tyraftt Nero; and aims particularly at 
IKm, in ntofi of bis Sa0yrs. For which Reafin^ 
'gb be tLfar a Roman Kni^bt-j andofa fknth' 
_ jortume^ be wou^d appear tn this Prologue hue 
'JXlgga^fy Poet^ who vnites for Bi^ead. After 
If/, Inbreaks intoth^e Bnjhep^ of tbe Pirfi Sta^\ 
|/W8 !t\ cbieflfto ckcrytbe Poetry thenin Fapi" 
_J; and tie impudence oftbofe^ who were endeaff- 
wuKTi/ff U pafs their Stuff upon the IVorU. 



PBLO 



t}< P E R S TV S. SlT.I 

P R O L O G UI 

7i theFirfi Satyr. 

1 Never did oa cleft ' Tamaffus dream» 
Nor tafte the facred Hdicmtan.Stit9m\ 
Nor can remember when my Brain infpir'd, . 
Was, by the MuCes, into Madnefi fir'd. 
My (hare iopale *tyrtn0 I refigoj > . , 
And claim no part in all the mighty Nine*. 
Statues 3, with winding Ivy q:own'd» belong ; 
To nobler Poets, for a noUer Song: 
HteDefs of Verie, and hopeled of theG^wn^ 
Scarce half a Wtt» and^aaore than half a Cbwni 
Qe&re the 4Shrine I by my rugged Numbers down.. 
Who taught the Parrot Human Notes to try» 
Or with a Voice endu*d the chattering- Pye ? 
*Twas witty WMit, fierce Hunger to appeafe: 
Want taught their Mafters, and their Mafters. theft. . 
Let Oaio, that gilded Bait, be hung on high. 
The hungry Witlings have it in their Eye: 
Pyes, Crows, and Daws, Poetick Prefents bring: 
You fay they fqueak i but they will fwear they fing. 



1 ParnAffut aq4 ffelietn we<e 
HiIlsCon(ecfated lo the Mufeii 
mid the fuppos'd Place of their 
Abode. PamsJfHs was forked 
on the top^ and from Helicon 
lan a Stream, the Spriqg of 
which was cali'd the Mufei 
Well. 

, z.Pjir*fH» a Fountain in €•• 



fmth% Confccrated alfo to i 
Mufes^ . 

} The Statues of. the Fo 
were Crown*d with Ivf ab 
their Brows. 

4 Before the Shrint ; thtl 
before the Shrine of UJ^ 
in his Temple ^X,%^mti ci 
the F^Ufinc. . 



[Sat. I. P E RS I U S. zy; 

Argument of the Firft Satyr. 

Ineed not repeat^ that the chief Aim of the Author h 
ngainjl bad Poets ^ in thit Satyr. But I mujl add<^ 
that he includes alfo had Orators^ who hegan at that 
Tsmej (as Petronius in the beginning of his Book 
tells MS^)to enervate Manly Eloquence yby Tropes and 
Figures^ ill pjac^d and worfe apply^d. Amongjl the 
Ptts^ Fcrims covertly ftrikes at Nero; Jome of 
whofef^erfes he recites with Scorn and InMgnation. 
He aljo takes notice of the Noblemen and their abo^ 
minable Poetry^ who in the Luxury of their For-- 
tune^ fet up for IVits and 'Judges. The Satyr is in 
Dialogue^ beiwixt the Author and his Friend or 
Monitor ; who dUfuades him from this dangerous 
Attempt of expofing Great Men. But Perfius, who 
is of a free Spirit^ and has not forgotten that Rome 
vjas once a Commonwealth^ breaB through all thofe 
Difficultief J and boldly arraigns the falfejuc^ment 
of the Age in which he lives. The Reader mayob'" 
ferve that our Poet was a Stoick Philofopher ; and 
that all his' Moral Sentences^ both here^ and in all 
the reji of his Satyrs^ are- drawn from the Dogrmfs 
of that Se6r. 



The Firfi S a r y r In Dialogue betwixt^ ib§ 
Poet and his Friend or Monitor. 

P E R S I U S.< 

tr O W anxious are our Cares j and yet how vaio 
'*-■' The bent of our Deiircs! 

jpyiW. Thy Speen contain: 
For none will read thy Satyrs. 



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P E IIS I US. Sat- 



Ter/ttu, This to me? 
Friend. None; Or whsit's next to none, bat two or I 
^Tislitfd, I grant. 

9^pm. 'Tis nothing ; I can bear 
That paltry Scribiers have the Publick Ear : 
That this vaft aniver£d Fool, the Town, 
^hou*^ cry np > ljiM% Stuff, and cry me down. 
They damn themiHves \ nor wHl my Mde d^bod 
To dap with fuch, who Fools and Knares coouneofc 

• \*heir Smika And Cenlures are to jue the £ifne: 

* 1 care not what they prsofi, or what they Uane. 
In fallAlTemblics let the Crowd prevail: 

I weigh no Merit by the common .Scale. 

The Gonicience is the Tfcft of ev'ry Mhid; 

Snk not thy felft wkboHt thy filft to find. 

Bat Where's that Rmtmii?--- Somewhat 1 wou'S fiyi 

Bot fears — Let Fear, for once, to Truth give way. 

Truth knds the Stoick Courage : When I look 

On Human A^s, and read in Nature's Book, 

FVom the firft Paftimcs of our Infant Age» 

To dder Cares, and Man's (everer P£^i 

When ftern as Tutors, and as Uncles hird. 

We lafli the Pupil, and defraud the Ward : 

Then, then 1 lay,— -or wou'd fay> if I ^urf^ -•>--• 

But thus provok'd, I mud fpeak out, or burft. 

Ftiemi, Once more forbear. 

Terfius, I cannot rule my Splecnj 
• -My Scorn rebels, and tickles me within. 

Firft, to begin at home; our Authors write 
In lonely Rooms, fecur'd from publick fight , 



1 Nothing is remaining of 
^Attkus Labeoy (fo he is call*d 
by the Learned cafaub^n,) Koi 
is he memienM by any other 
pPCt beddes Ptrfins : C«piH6«n> 



from an old Commematori 
PerJiHs, fays, that he flBMM 
veryfoolifh TxanflatiOfltif^ 
mn*s UiatU I 



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AT. I. PER'SJUS. ijf 

rhctbcT in Prcfft, or Vcrfc, 'tis all the fimc: , 

he Profe is Fuftian, and eke Numbers lame. 
UNoife, and empty Pomp, a Storm of Wbrds* 
ab'ring with Sound, that tittle Sehfe aHbtds. 
hey * Comb, and then the^ order ev'ry Hiir: 
Gown, or white, or fcoor'd to whitenefs, wdu*: 

Birth-day Jewel bobbing at thtir Ear. 

ezti gargle well their Throats, and thus prepar'd, 

bey mo(int> a God's NaiDc> to befeen and heard. 

nom their high ScafFdlt; with a Trumpet Cheek: 

nd ogling all tlieir Audience ete they fjpeak. 

he naufeous Nobles, ev*n the Chief of Kome^ 

^ith gaping Mouths to theie Rehear&ls cdme, 

nd pant With Pteafure, when fbme lufty Line 

he Marrow pierees, and invades the Chine. 

t open fulfom Bawdry they rejoice, 

nd (limy Jeft'? applaud with broken Voice, 

ale Proflitute, thus doft thou gain thy Brej&d? 

'bus dofl thdu feed their Ears, and thus art fed? 

t his own filthy Stuff he gf ins and brays : 

od gives the Sign where he expeds their Praife. 

Why have I Learn*d, iay'f! thou, if thus confin*4, 
choke the Noble Vigour of my Mind 5 
now, my wild 3 Fig-Tree, which in Rocks is bred, 
^ill fplit the Quarry, and fnoot out the Head« 
ne Fruits 4af Learning! Old adubitious Fool» 
ar'ft thou apply that Adage of the School i, 

2 He defcribes a Poet pre- 1 new Gown, t>x fcoui'd his oli 
ling himfelf to Keheaif^ his I one{ and adornM his Eats with 
biks inpublick} which was! Jewels, ir<u 
•mmonly perfoim'd in xAtt- \ 3 Tcees of that kiBd grow 
/?. A Kdem was hit'd -ori wild in many paits of Italy i 
Bt by r^me Fnead; a Scaf^ \ and make thcit way through 
Id was lais'd, a«id « Pulpit iKocks: Sometimes fpUct^g 
ac'd for him, who was to Ithc Tomb-ftonci^ 
>ld foichi who ^iiow*d a I 



140 P E R S lUS. Sat.] 

As if 'tis nothing worth that lies conGcaPd: 
And Science is not Science *tiU RevtaNf 
Oh, but 'tis brave to be admired, to ice 
The Crowd, with pointing Fingers, cry. That's be 
That's he whofe wondrous Poem is become 
A Lc^re for the Noble Youth of Rome! 
Who, by their Fathers, is at Feafts Renowu'd^ 
And often quoted when the Bowls go round. 
Full gorg'd and flufli'd, they wantonly rehearfi^ 
And add to Wine the Luxury of Verie. 
One, clad in Purple, not to k}& his Time, 
Eats and recites fome lamentably Rhime; 
Some fcnfeleTs ?hillist in a broken Note, 
Snu£iing at Noie, or croaking in his Throat: ^ 
Then, gracioufly, the mellow Audience Nod ; 
Is not th' Immortal Author made a God ? 
Are not his Manet blefl:, fuch Praiie to have? 
Lies not the ^uif more lightly on his Grave? 
And Rofes (while his loud Applaufe they fingj 
Stand ready from his Sepulcher to fpring? 

All thefe, you cry, but light GhjcdHons arcj 
Mccr Malice, and you drive the Jeft too far. 
For does there breathe a Man, who can reje^ " 
A gen'ral Fame, and his own Lines negle^ ? 
In ♦ Cedar Tablets worthy to appear, 
That need not Fifh, or Frankincenfe to fear f 

Thou, whom I make the adverfe part to bear, 
Be anfwer*d thus: If I, by chance, fucceed 
In what I write (and that^s a chance indeed j ) 
Know, I am not fo (lupid, or fo hard. 
Not to feel Praife, or Fame's deferv'd Reward: 

4 The Romans wrote on Ce- I be afraid of Fxankincenfc} 
dM and Cyprefs Tables, in re- 1 the Papers in which thef i 
gaid of the duration of the ] Written, were fie foi noti 
Wood: Ul Yesies might juftly but to wrap it up. 



5at. I. P E R S I U S. t4t 

Ixxt this I cmnot grant* tbat thy Applaufe 

[s my Work's ultimate, or only Caufe. 

?rudence can ne*er pppofe fo mean a Prize } 

<br mark what Vanity within it lies. 

Like LaMs Iliads, in whole Verfe is found 

^^othing but trifling Care, and empty Sound: 

Such little Elegies as Nobles write. 

Who wou'd be Poets, in jifaUo's fpight. 

rhem and their woful Works the Mufe defies/ 

Produds ' of Citron Beds, and Golden Caaopies. 

Fo give thee all thy due, thou haft the Heart 

ro make a Supper, with a fine Deflert^ 

And to thy thread-bare Friend, a caflold Sute impart. 

Thus brib'd, thou thus befpeak^ft him. Tell me Friend. 
(For I love Truth, nor can plain Speech o£nd,^ 
Whatiays the World of me and of my Mufef ' 

The Poor dare nothing tell but flatt'ring News: 
But (hall I fpeak? Thy Verfe is wretched Rhimei 
And all thy Labours are but lofs of Time. 
Thy (Irutting Belly fwells, thy Paunch is high| 
Tboa Writ'il not, but thou PifTefl Poetry. 

All Authors, to their own Defers, are blind ; 
Hadfl; thou but, ^ farms like, a Face behind. 
To fee the People, what fplay- Mouths they make; 
To mark their Fingers, pointed at thy Back: 
Their Tongues loli'd out, a foot beyond the pitch,' 
When moft a-thirfl, of an JfuHan Bitch: 

5_ Writings of Noblemen, 
vrhofe Bedfteads were of the 

Wood of CitfM. 

6 fdnus was the firfb King of 
Jtdlji who refng'd SaturHf 
when, he was expell'd by his 
Sotijufiter from Crtii (or as 
wc iio# caU it C4ndis»}ft^ 



his Name, the firft > 


' =?f 


the Year is cMdfr. 


r'.''. 


was Piftur'd with v> , 


1 1" p-.- 


one before, and o 




as regarding the tim 


« 


the future. Some o< 


t ; 


thologifls think hr. ^ 




fox thcKeafon giveii ^ 


■'■^ "■ ■ 


M 


v> 



1^2. P E R S lU S: , Sai 

But Noble Scriblcrs are with FlattVy fed ; 

For none dare find their Faults, who eat their Bread. 

To pafs the Poets of Patrician Blood, 

What is't the common Reader takes for good? 

The Vcrfe in falhion is, when Numbers flow. 

Soft without Senfe, and without Spirit flow: 

So fmooth and equal, that no light can find 

The River, where the poK(h'd Piece was job*J, 

So even all. with fuch a fteady View, 

As if he (hut one Eye to level true* 

Whether the Vulgar Vice his Satyr ftings* 

The People's Riots, or the Rage of Kings; 

The gentle Poet is alike in all i 

His Reader hopes no Rife, and fears no FaH. 

Friend, Hourly we &e, fome raw pin-feat!ier'd tUi 
Attempt to mount, and Fights and Heroes (ing; 
Who for falfe quantities was whipt at School 
But t'other day, and breaking Grammar-Rule. 
Whole trivial -Art was never try'd, above 
The bare defcription of a Native Grove: 
Who knows oot how to praife the Country StorCt 
The Feafts, the Baskets, nor the fatted Boar; 
Nor paint the flowVy Fields, that paint themfclves befbi 
Where 7 tfimulus was Bred, and ^Intius Born, 
Whofe fhipmg Plough-diare was in Furrows wonn 
Met by his trembling Wife, returning home. 
And RudicaUy jo/d, as Chief of Ro/^^e: 



7 Where Koninlus, ^c. He 
^eakt of the Country in the 
foregoing Veifess the Fiaifet 
of which, ate the moil eaCy 
Theme fot Poets } bat which 
a bad Foet c^OAot naturally 
dcfciihc; XheA iie nakoii a 



digreflion to Ti^mtUus thi 
King of %omey who had i 
fticai Education \ and enl, 
upon Slnintius CiiuhmM 
7^«»i4a Senator, whowaaf 
from the Plough to be XI 
toj; of R9mu 



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Sat. L P E R S I U S[ 445 

she wip'd the Sweat from the Di6^ator's Brow; 

And o'er his Back his Robe did rudely throw $ 

The Lidors bore, in State, their Lord's triumphant Plough/ 

Some love to hear the Fuftian Poet roar^ 
And fome on Antiquated Authors pore : 
Rummage for Senfe; and think thofe only good 
Who labour moft, and leaft are underdood. 
When thou (halt fee the blear-cy'd Fathers teach 
Their Sons, this harfli and mouldy fort of Speech; 
Or others new affcdled ways to try. 
Of wanton Smoothnefs, Female Poetry, 
One wou'd enquire from whence this motley Style 
Did firfl our Roman Purity defile: 
Fbr our old Dotards cannot keep their Seatj 
Bat leap and catch at all that's obfblete. 

Others, by fbolifli Odentation led, 
When call'd before the Bar, to fave their Head* 
Bring trifling Tropes, inftead of folid Senfe : 
And mind their Figures more than their Defence.' 
Are pieas'd to hear their thick-fcull'd Judges cry 
Well raov'd, oh finely faid, and decently! 
■Wieft (fays th' Accufcr^ to thy Charge I lay, 
O Ped'iHs: What does gentle Vedhs fiy? 
Stadious to pleafe the Genius of the Times, 
With S Periods, Points, and Tropes he (lurs his Crimes: 
'* HeRobb'd not, but he Borrow'd from the Poorj 
t< And took but with Intention to reftiore. 
He krds with Flourifhes his long Harangue; 
^risfine, iay'fl thou; what, to be prais'd, and hang? 
BAminate Romany ihall fuch Stuff prevail 
To tickle thee, and make thee wag thy Tail? 

4 With Periods, &c Ferfims here | place are meant fot Rhetocical 
flames Antithefes, or (eemiog | f lonriitefl, as X thinks witk 
Cenmdiftioai} which in this /a/M9». , 



*44 



P E R 8 lU S. Sat.! 



:Sfly» iliou'd a Shipwreck'd Sailor (ing bis Woe^ 
IVou'dft thou be xnov'd to Pity, or beflow 
An Almsf Wbat's more prqpoftVous than to tec 
A merry Beggar? Minb in Miieryi 

Ttrfius, He (eems a Trap, for Charity, to la/ : 
'And cons:by Night, his Lefion for the Dstjt. 

Triend. But to raw Numbers, and unfiDiHi'd Ver£^* 
Sweet Sound is added now, to make it Terfie : 
y 'Tis tagg'd with Rhime, like 9 Berttymiumi AijSt 
** The mid part chimes with Art, which never flat iiu 
^ The DoIphiD brave, that cut the liquid Wave, 
'^' Orhewho in his Line, can chine the long- ribbed ^/mmmC 

^erjius. All this u Dogrel ftuff. 

Irrnd. What if I bring 
A Nobler Verfcl '<* Jlrms mid 4he Mm Ifing, 

Ttrfius. Why Name you Virg'tl w^th fuch Fops as the&l 
l^e's truly great} and mud for ever pleaie^ 
Not. fierce, but awful, is his Manly Page j 
Bold is his Strength, but fbber is his Rage. 

Friend, What Poems think you fbft ? and to be read 
^With languifhing Regards, and bending Head? 

Pirfifij. *' "Their crooked Horns the MhnalloniMnCtew 
^ With Blafts iofpir'di and Bajfaru who flew 
^* The fcornful Calf, with Sword advanc'd on high, 
^ Mside firom his Neck his haughty Headto fly. 
«' And M^ntu, when with Ivy- bridles bound, 
*' She led the /potted Lynx, then Evion rung around i 
^< Evion horn Woods and Floods repairing Echo's Sound.. 



9 EntcynthUn sAtys, or %At' 
tin, 6(C. TP ooViOxV exits of Ntrt, 
which the Poet repeats} and 
ivhich cannot be txanflated 
properly into Engli/b, 

. 19 ^Arms And tht Mm, tie. 
The £ift Lint of Viriir$y£neid. 



U Their craokfd Htrns, Ue* 
Other Veifes of Ner§t that 
were meer Bombaft. I only 
note, That the Repetition of 
thefe and the, former Verfesof 
Nir9, might juftly give the Poet 
a csutioa to conceal Jus Name, 



^;:#^\ 



Sat; t. P E R S I tr ^. i^f 

Cou*d fuch rode lines a Soman Mouth becomt^ 
Were any Manly Greatnefi left in Romef 
MiMs i^and Afyj in the Mouth were bred; 
And never hatch'd within the labVing Head: 
No Blood fix>m bitten Naiis, thofe Pt)ems drew; 
But churd'd, like Spittle, f^om the Lips they flew. 

B'iead, *Tis Fuftian all; 'tis execrably bad: 
Bat if they will be Fools, muftyoa be mad? 
Tour Satyrs, let me tell you, are too fierce i 
The Great will never bear fo blunt a Verfe. 
Their Doors are barr'd againft a bitter flout: 
Snarl, if you pleaft, but yon (hall fnarl without. 
£xped fuch Pay as railing Khimcs de^ervei 
Y* are in a very hopeful way to flarve. 

ferfius. Rather than fo, uncenfur'd let 'em bc$« 
Alt 1^ is admirably well, fop me. 
My harmlefs Rhime (hall Tcape the dire Diigraoe 
Of Common-fhoar^s and ev'ry Pifling-place» 
Two >9 painted Serpents ^11, on high, appear; 
'Tis Holy Grounds you irhtft not Urine here; 
This Audi be writ to fright the Fry away. 
Who draw their little Bawbles, when they phj; 

»4 Yet old LMciliHs never fear'd the Times, 
Bqt.laOi'd the City, and difleaed Crimes. 
Ubitius and Lupus both by Name he brought j 
He mouth'd 'em^ and betwixt his Grinders caught.' 



12 Mdnst zvA' xAtyt^ Poems 

m the M^madest who were 
^icftefles of Bdccfms^ and of 
AtjSf who made himlelfao 
&aouch to attend on ^the Sa- 
idfices of cyktU^ call'd Bere- 
ymbU by the Poets s • (he was 
Upthei of the Gods. 
29 Tw9 ^jmtdStrlfmiiHt^ 



Two Snakes twia'd irlth eadk'' 
other, were palmed on th« 
Walls, by the Ancients, to Aew 
the Place was Holy.- 

itTet 9ld Lucilius, 4r€. £». 
cfVmj wrote long before H9r«c^s * 
who imitates his mamiex of 
Satyr, but fac excels him ia^- 
the Pefigo^ 

M 3 Viililv 



*4^ P E R S lU S. Sat. l '5 

Unlike ia Method, with conceal'd Deiign, j 

Did aafty Horace his lov/ Numbers join : [ 

And, with a fly iniinuating Grace, 

Laugh'd at his Friend, and look'd him tn tht Face: 

Wou'd raiie a BluAi, where (ecrec Vice he founds 

And tickle, while he gently prob'd the Wound. 

"With feeming Innocence the Crowd beguil'd -, 

But made the defperate Pailes, when he fmil'd. 

Cou'd he do this, and is my Mule controll'd 
By fervile Awe? Born free, and not be bold ? 
At leafV, fll dig a Hole within the Grounds 
And to the trofty Earth commit the Sound: 
The Reeds fhall tell you what the Poet fears, 
Xing ^f Midas has a Snout t and AJfet 'Ears. 
This mean Conceit, this darling Myllery, 
V^hich thou think'ft nothing. Friend, thou (haltlMt bttjTi 
Nor will I change for all the Halhy Wir» 
,That fiatt'ring Labio in his Iliads writ, 

>^ Thou, if there be a Thou in this ba(e Town* 
Vho dares, with angry iMfoUst to frowaj 
He, who, with bold Cratinus, is infpir*d 
With Zeal, and equal Indignation Rr'd*. 
Who, at enormous Villany, turns pale. 
And fleers againft it with a full-blown Sail, 



1$ King Midas, ire. The 
Story U vulgar, that Midas 
Xing of PhrygtA was made 



Jadge betwixt Jf polio add Pan^ by the Baxber. By MUa$ the 



-who was the beft Mufician: 
He gave the Piize to Pani and 
Apollo in revenge gave him 

'Afles Ears. He wore his Halt 
long to hide them } but his 
Barbel difcoveiing them, and 

iBOt dating to ilivulge the Se- 
cret, duga holeintheGroiind, 
tndwhi/pex'dintoit: The place 



was Maifhyi and when the 
Reeds grew up, they tepeateil 
the Words which were fpoken 



Poet meant Ntr: 

16 Eupoiis «nd Ctofinmu it 
alfo ^riftophAuis mention'd if* 
terwiuds, were all \yttheniMm 
Poets; who wrote that fort of 
Comedy, which • was callM the 
old Comedy, 'wh«tethe People 
were NamM,wbotrexeSattfia'd 
by thofe Autho;s« 



/ 



( Like 



Sat. L P ^E R S I U ^. %\j 

Like Ariftof hones-, let him but fmile 
On this my honeft Work, tho' writ in homely Style: 
^nd if two Lines or three in all the Vdn 
Appear lefs dro{rie> read thofe Lines again, ' 
May they perform their Author's juft Intent* 
Glow in thy Ears, and in thy Breaft ferment. 
Bat, from the reading of my Book and rae» 
Be far, ye Foes of Virtupus Poverty: 
Who '7 Fortune's Fault upon the Poor can thrown 
Point at the tatter'd Coat, and ragged Shoe: 
Lay Nature's Failings to their Charge, and jeer 
The dim weak Eye- fight, when the Mind is clear,. 
WheO tho^ thy felf^ thus inlblent in State, 
Art l)ut, perhaps, Tome Country Magiftratej 
Whoie Pow'r extends no farther than to fpetk 
Big on the Bench, and fcahty Weights to hreal^ 

Him, alfo, for my Cenfor I diidain. 
Who thinks nil Science, as -«11 Virtue, vaiflf 
Who counts Geometry, and Numbers, Toysj 
And, i^withhisFoot, the'ficred Duft dcflroysi 
Wbofi Pleafiire is to;&e.a Strumpet tear 
vAjCynick's Beard, «ndJng.him by the H^. 
-5udb,.al] this Morning, tothe; Pleadings run i 
But when the Bus'ndfs of the Day i$ done, 
On Dice, and Drink, andDrabs,thoy (pend their Afcemoon. 



, I? fVbo P§rtmie*j.FaHlts, &c. 
Tlie- P^ple of \o^e in the 
time of P*f£usi were apt to 
fcorn thejGreaan Fhilofbpheis, 
paxticulatly the Cynicks and 
Stoicks,- Who were the pooieft 
of them. 
. . XI ^And with his Fo9tp &C. 



Arichmetick and Geometry 
were Taught on Floors, which 
were ftitw'd with Duft or Sand $ 
'in which the Number and Dia- 
grams were made and drawii» 
which they might ftiikc out 
again. 






-'-•»> M 4. PER' 






tH'l 




P E R S I U S 

THE 

SECOND SAT Y it' 



■HHi 



mmm 



Bj Mr. D RTD E N.. 



The ARGUMENT. 

Tils Satyr cottuiwt a moft Grave atui^JPii/ofiflncal 
ArgHmenty com ermng Prayers oftdlFifbfs. Um- 
doubtedly it gape occafioft to JuventlV UemthSe- 
tyr\ and both cf them bad their Original from 
one of PlatoV Dialogtm^ calPd the Secomd Aid- 
biades. Our Author has induced i^ with great 
Majtery of Art, by taking his Rife from' the 
Birth day of his Friend ; on which eeeajions^ 
Prayers were made^ and Sacrifices offered by 
the Native. Ferfius commending the Purity of 
bis Frien£s Vows, defcends t(^ the Impious and 
lmwoi*al Requejls of others. 7%e Satyr ts divided 
into three Parts: The firfi is the £xordium tn 
Macrinus, which the Poet confines within the 
eompafs of four Verfes. 'The Second relates to the 
matter of the Prayers andVowSj and an enumc' 

ration 



it: ii: P R R S IU S. *4^ 

ration of tbofe things^ wherein Men commonly 
iinn*d againjt right Reafon^ and offended in thetr 
Requefts. T'he third Part conjijls in jhewing 
the Repugnancies of thofe Prayers and Wipes ^ t» 
thofe of other Men^ and Inconfijiencies with them* 
fehes. He Jhews the Original of thefe Vows^ 
dndfoarply inveighs againji them: And laftly^ 
not only correal s the Jalfe Opinion of Mankind 
concerning them^ but gives the true DoSrine of 
all Addrejfes made to Heaven ; and how they 
may be made acceptable to the Powers above^ in 
excellent Precepts ; and more worthy of a Cbri^ 
ftian than a Heathen. 



mm 



The SECOND SATYR. 

cdicated to his Friend Plotius Macrinus, on bis 

Birth-Day. 

E T this aufpidous Morniog be exprefl: 
-* With a ^hite « Stone, diftinguifti'd from the reft: 
hite as thy Faroe, and as thy Honour clear i 
id let new Joys attend, on thy neW-added Year, 
idulge thy Genius, and o'erflow thy Soul, 
'ill thy Wit fparkle, like the chearful Bowl, 
ray 5 for thy PrayVs the Tcft of Heav'n will bear; 
or need*ft thou take thie Gods afide, to hear: 

X IVhite Sttne: The %§mgi$st Stone which they had fiom the 
eceiuMtomaiktheicFortu*! ifltnd ctttd% ^aadtheii Vnfar» 

repays, oc any thing that! tuaate with «Goal| ' ' 
idkii/ befel'<iiif wichawiiitel ■ *■ 



JifJvk Others, ev'n ;he ioifjIst^Mca o^'Sim 
Ij^iwell'd wirh Mi&hicC to tk^ Temples ooni«a 
Knd in low. Murmurs, and wkh coftljvdmoke, 

jlety^n's Help, to pro^ tbdr Uftck V 

So hcUlty to the Gods Mankiodrevetl* 

iVhat;froin each other they, |ar (hainc^ CDOOof. 

Gifem good Fam,^, ye P6w'n,'. and make aie joft;. 

Tkoi mock^the Rogue to puUkk Ears will tmft: 

^|p|df«tetiiea:-«^ .when WSt t^>tvfinghi7 Jteiv 

ii^ WCfl^hy Upcie from U^s 'Worldwi^ 
iQr'^!^ tlxHi ThQD^itrVSoa. , gpeat .^ . 'anarliv* 
llitt .'once thy boimtmt beky wott'4 pfade 
^o guide my Rake, opon ^he chfaikiflg fiwfd 
Of £ffle ?aft TVeafiire, hidden under Groondt 



He'f lb nr gone with Rickets^ and with m Ev9^ 
Th^ joi^Ymipll tkA:v9iticA'l£i tb^tiiciDbiL 
This is my Neighbour Nerius his third Spoufe^ 
Of whom m happy time he rids his Houft. 

But my Eternal Wife! Grant Heav'n I may 

Survive to fee the Fellow of this Day I 
Thus, that thou m^y'/l the heater bring about 
Thy Wifhes, thou art wickedly devout; 
In ilBer ducking thrice, by;t>reak of day» 
To walh th*Cfbfcc|iities pf 3 Night away. ; 
But prithee tell me, CA afmall Rcqueft) 
Vich what ill Thoughts of y^« art |hou pofleft ^ 
Wou'dft thou prefer him to fome Man? Soppoie 
I dipped amon| ^ worS, and $u$i^^ chotf I 

2 Htfculns wai thought to I as bad Dreams In the Kigbil 
htBf9\^&t- Xefi'^AwMt'i^likiAiAktitlhtt pttriidd tMn- 
l^aowiBf all liiddtii>TtfliifefCi ifdi^s by ftiMhiiig ihdf fiM 

s The .oUiAiiBfa-tlMiigllt I aad Vaads ^e^/Mmain(» 

tfatmre^rcs tainted and polio- t^ftiek GdMh^'tenMtf A^ 
Hd by t»ght it (al^ as wcU'ienrctotWs Paj» 



: ;.'f 



•Sat. ir. P E R S lU S. ift 

Which of the two wou'd thjr wife 'Head declare 
The truftier Tutor to an Orphan Heir ? 

Or, put it thus: Unfold to Staiust ftreight» 

What to y9ve*s Ear thou didft impart of later 

He'll ftarc, and, O Good JtipUer! will cry; 

Can'{l thou indulge him in this Villany ! 

And think'd thou, Jove himfelf, with Patience thea 

Can hear a Pray'r condemned by wicked Men? 

That, void of Care, he lolls fupine in State* 

And leaves his Bus'nefs to be done by Fate? 

Becaule his Thunder (plits forae hurley Tree,. 

And is not darted at thy Houfe and thee? 

Or that his Vengeance falls not at the timCy 

Juft at the Perpetration of thy Crime; 

And makes thee a fad Objefi of our Eyes, 

Fit for 4 lTginva*s PrayV and Saaifice ? 

What well-fed Off 'ring to appeafc the God,' . 

What powerful Prefent to procure a Nod, 

Haft thou in (lore? What Bribe haft thou prepar'd^ 

To pull him, thus unpuniih*d, by the Beard? 

OurSuperflitions with our Life begin: 
Th' obfccne old Grandam, or the next of Kin, 
The new-born Infant from the Cradle takes> 
And fird of Spittle a f Ludranon makes: 
Then in the Spawl her middle-finger dips, 
Anoirfts the Temples, Forehead and the Lips;. 
Pretending Force of Magick to prevent. 
By Virtue «of her nafty Excrement. 



4 when any one wasThun- 
derftruck,the Soothfayer (Who 
if here czWdErgenmi) imme- 
ilAttVf repaii^d to the PJace, 
to expiate the Difpleadite of 
the Gods, by faexificii^g two 
9heep. 

4;£he Poet laughs at thefu-^- 



peiftttious Ceremonies wfiich^ 
the Old Women made nfe of 
in theii Luftiation oc Purifi- 
cation Days, when they nam'd 
theic Children, which* was- 
done on the Eighth Day«to 
Females, and on thel^imhtO' 
Males^ 



zf2 : P E R S lU S. . SmxU. 

Thea dandlei Um widi iinkij • nf atttiM FnyV, 

TlMt Hetv^d wou'd mtke him fiKne rich Mifa'tikiii 

lAckjr to LadiCf » jndi in tsiiie» • iQwi 

VUcb to enrure, flieaddt* Lngth^Hnratfln^ 

But no food Nurfe if fit to iiiake« Vnffi 

And JVvf, \kj9v be wift, wOl ocfcr hem% 

Not though iheprtjrsin white» with lifted Hidb: 

A Body made of Brafi the Cfoos denmida - 

Tor her iov'd Nocfliif. ftraog with Ncnrcf of VM^ 

Tough to the laft» and fndi oo tpil to dre: 

UoonicioQabk Vowb, which when we ofe . 

We teach the Godi, in ReafiMif to refofe 

Suppofe they weie indolgent to t^ 

Yet the Fat Intiails in the fgtamn 

Vou'd flop the Grant: the fcry ofcr-ofCi 

And oaofiooa Pomp^ won'd hinder half theflrq^ 

Then hop*ft with Storifice of Om flm 

To compafi Wcakh, and bribe the Godof OeiOt 

To gi?e thee Flocks and Herds, with brge increafei 

Fool! to expea them from a BuDock'k &ea(e! 

And tbink'ft that when the £itten'd Flames a^pir^ 

Thou fee'ft th' accompliflmient of thy Defifc! . 

Now, now, my bearded Harveft gilds the Plains 

The fcanty Fokls can fcarce my Sheep contain* 

And Sbowdrs of Gold come pouring in amain! 

Thus dreams the Wretch, and vainly thus dreams oe^ 

^Ttll his lank Purfe declares his Money gone. 

Shou'd I prcient tbee with rare figur'd Pkte^ 
Or Gold as rich in Workmanfhip as Weighty 
O hew thy ridng Heart wouM throb and beat. 
And thy left fide, with trembUng Pleaiiire, iweat! 
Thou mcafur^Il by thy (elf the Powers Dirme » 
Thy Gods are bumiihM, Gold and Sil?ec ia thdr Shrine; 
Thy puny Godlmgs of inferior Raoe^ 
Who6 humble Statjca are content with Brafiv 

Skoa'd 



Sat. II. PERSIUS. 



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ShovM fome of thele, in ^ Vifions purg'dfrom Phlq|Qi| 

Foretd £vents, or in a Morning Dresum $ . 

Ef'n tbofe thou wou'dft in Veoention holds 

And, if not Faces, give 'era Beards of Gold. 

The Priefts in Templet, now no longer care 

For 7 SstttmU Brafs, or 8 Nm^ms's Earthen Ware } 

Or Veftal Urns, in each Religious Rite: 

This wicked Gold has put 'era all to FlightJ 

O Souls, in whora no heav'nly Fire is found. 

Fat Minds, and ever grov'ling on the Ground! 



5 Im VifioHS piirg*d from 
fhle^t &c It was the Opi- 
nion both of GrtcUns and 
K^tnans^ that the Gods, inVi- 
fiont oc D teams, often le- 
▼eal'd to theix Favourites a 
Cure for their Difeafes, and 
fomctimes thofe^of others. 
Thus sAUxdnder dream'd of 
an Herb which cor'd ffUmy. 
Thcfe Gods were principallj 
'^p9lh and EfcuUpims i but, in 
mfrer- times, the fame' Virtue 
and Good-will was attributed 
to Ifis and O fir is. Which brings 
to my Hemembrance an odd 
Paflfage in Sir Tbomds Brown's 
T^iiS'* Medicit OC in his Vul- 
X^r Errors s the Senfe whereof 
is. That wo dro bohoUmt for 
fmrny ofjomr Difcovorios in Phj/' 
fUkj to tbo cotsrttOMS T(^eUtion 
•/ Spirits, By the EzptefiSon 
of Vifiont pnrg'd fr^m PhUffn^ 
otti Author means fuch 
Breams or Ytfions* as pio-l 
ceed aot fcomAatiualCaafes/ 



or Homours of theBodyi buf 
fuch as are fent from Hea* 
ven; and arc, therefoxe, cec« 
tain Remedies. 

7 For Satucn'i Br^/r* Uc. 
Brazen VelTels, in which the 
pnblick Treafnres of the ^- 
mnns were kept : It may be 
the Poet meant only old Vef" 
/#//, which were called K{ivi«t, 
from the Gr$$K. Name of Sst^ 
turn* 

9NimA*$£drthtnWdr*, Un- 
der Nnmd the fecond King^ 
of T^mr, and for a kmg time 
after him, the Holy VcfTcls 
for Sacrifice were of Earthen 
Waxe, according to thcSoper- 
ftitlotts Kites which weit ia- 
tcoduaed by the fame Mmm; 
Tho' aftctwaids, when JImm 
mins had taken Corinthf and 
fdtUut Emilins had conqoeMd 
Mdcfdonidf Luinry be^ a- 
mongft the T(,oimdns% and then 
theii Uteniils ot Devotion 

weie of Gold and Silvciy tccw 



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ryigllriRg ddr Mionerttb di^ Ueft Ai)odel^ 
Apd think wbitftetfes us, -moftyiorfe-dttGoclR 
Of Ofl and b^ one tb* rngredkttti takes, 
And, of the Mattare, a ridi OiatneattMlDei'r ^ 
Another fiodf the way to dje mgraki I - 
And rouifces 9 CnUkim Wool itceire the 3ym» Sttni 
Or fiDom the Shells their Oneot l^fealbre take^ 
Or, for their iGoldaa Ore, In RmrsTaiKss 
TIm» mdta the Mafi: Alt th^afie Vanities I"' 
Tet ftai ibme Profit froui tb«r Pifaia naj rifit 
But tdl me, Prieft, \k\ "iatj be fe bold, 

^hat aiptie Godsdw better for this G<ddr 
l4e 'Witteh that oArs iMn his weatehjF Stan 

• Widtf Piivfehtf , 'toltes the Rm^rs^ ^^ 
As 'o Maids toiP'liiJK/6£GT'Bd)7-T9js, 

"IbtldB't&Mdebg^^ ^'Gffk^ 

'ifatltt usf&the;Gpds«Oiftpr^^ 
tirhich the^nsat Mia's»grdtt Charges canoot bear:: 
A'Sool, ;where kavn'h^ Humdn and Divine, 
in France fiibns than ^pecuhtkm flmie r 
A geddine Virtue, of a vigorous kind^ 
Pore in the lift Recef&s of the Mind : 
When with fuch 0£F'rings to the Gods I come} 
A "Cake, thus giv'iiy is worth a Hecatoinb. 



-^ ^iAni. ■ mdiis Cdnbriaa 

m*/; Ice. The Wool of o«- 

-idbvid ivas of the fintSt fort 

iiir iidly^ ti JmftHAl al(b tells 

at. The Tytum Stttm is the 

Vjvple Coloat dy*d a^ Tftun 

aad X 'fUppofe, but dsie not 

'jk>fiti?c]y 'dfirm, diat the 

'sickeft of that Dftwasnesreft 

••orCdinroo, and llo^Soatkt, 

oi^^bae otbcf colonir aioiib 

appiotchiflg to the Blue. I 

;Ayf?e not loom to juftifiie my. 



to iAf MdfdtU f^jfte^ 
Thofe B^tkjrToyi were Ihtlr 
Babies, Ot ItOp^ets, as we call 
them s in* LMin Fnfs \ whldi 
the Gills, when they cametO' 
the Age of Pubertf, or Child- 
bearing, o^t*d to Vt9mi si 
th^ Boys at Fourteen oc Fif* 
teen Teata of Ajpe of£et*d theh 
^//«, or BoiGi's* 

A Cake of Barley, ot couxfe 
Wheat-mcalf with the Bianio. 



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Sat. II. PERSIVS. 



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it: The meamngh, tbatGod 
it plcu'd nith the puie and 
fpotleft BMit of the Offciei t 
and not wiih the Ridiu of 
the'Ofiieiiag. Laiiriiu lathe 
Piagmenti of hU J/fBH'i hu 
a.Veilelike t^U: e»rAi,Df 



What I had totgtnttchel*n, 
in its due flaec, I nnft (qc 
tdl the K.udei, Thai ihefi^ 
half of ihif Sat]>i wai truf- 
laced by ooe- of ray Sotb, 
now in limly t but I thooght 
[» well of it, that I let it,pifr 
withont uf AlienttOD^ 




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P E R S 

TMfi 

T H I R D S A T 

By Mr. O RT D EN. 



The ARGUMENT. 

Offr Amthifrbts mmdetiut SaUfrs tcmetmhaSaiif/', 
the FirHaud tbt Third; lU Firfi reUtid u 
Men ; Tbiito TomngStrndemti, vibtm beJi^*dtt 
it Educated im tbtStoiek Pbilofifiy : -A Umftif 
fujiaiutthe Perfui tf the MmhtTy erPimceptta, 
IK this adtuirairU StOyr. iVber:ht i^mds tht 
Toutb of Skth. and Negligtwet i» Leanm^ Tet 
he begins with one Scholar reproaching hiiFtUmi 
Students tuith late rijing to tbtir BooAt. JfHf 
ivbicb be takes nfn him the other fart of tht 
Teacher. And addreffing hi»ife^ farticnlarb » 
Toung Nohlemen, tells them. That, by reafin tf 
ibtir High Birth, and tht Great Pojfejfions # 

' their Fibers, tbty art tartlefi ef adertting their 



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Jat. IH. PERSIUS. zff 

Minis with Precepts of Moral Pbilofophv : Andi 
whbalj inculcates to them the MiferiesvJbicb will 
attend them in the whole courje of their Life^ 
if they do not apply themfelves betimes to the. 
Knowledge of Virtue^ and the End of their Crea" 
t'ton^ which he pathetically infinnates to tbem^ 
The Title of this Satyr j in fome ancient Monti- 
fcriptSy was The Reproach of Idlenefs ; tho* rm 
others of the Scholiajls, ^is infcrib% Againft the 
Luxury and Vices of the Rich. In both- of which 
the Intention of the Poet is ptrfu^d ; but prm- 
cipally in the former. 

remember I Tiaqflated this Satyr, when I wa^ a KL^^^ -Scba^ 
Ur at W4/hninfier-Sc\iOo\, for a Thurfdayt^^^i Exereife ^ 
and believe that it, and manj other of my Extreifis ofthi* 
Natvie, in EngUjb Verfty ate ftiU in the Handf of mj 
ledrmd Mdftiff the ILe?exend Do6ts>i Bmby*^ 

S tlrf^ thj^ daSy Coar(e ? The gtunng San 
Bfeaks in at ev'ry Cirink : The Cattle ruiL 
Shades, and Noon-tide Rays of Summer Ihufl^ 
et plung'd in Sloth we He$ and (bore fupine, 
\ fiU'd with Fumes of undigefted Wine; 
This grave Advice ibme fober Student bearrf 
id loudly rings it in his Fellow's Ears. 
be yawning Youth, fcarce half awake, eflayt 
is lazy Limbs and do%y Head to rai& : 
ben rubs his gummy Eyes, and fcrubs his Pate i 
id cries, I thought it had not been fb late : 
y Cloaths, make hafte: Why when! If none- be near^ 
i mutters firft, and then begins to (wear ; 
id brays aloud, with a more clam*rous Noie» . 
nn an 4tcadim Mb can ftretcb Us Throat. 

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»fS -P E R SI-US. Sat. in. 

With much ado> bis Book before him laid. 
And ■ Parchment with the fmoothcr fide difplay'd i 
He takes the Papers^ lays 'em down again; 
And, with unwilling Fingers, tries the Pen : 
Some peevifh Qoarrel ftrdght he drives to pick i 
His Quill writes double, or his Ink's too thick i 
Infu(e more Water j now 'tia grown fi> thin 
It iinks, nor can the Chara^srs be feen. 

O Wretch, and dill more wretched ev'r/ Day ! 
^e Mortals bom to deep their Lives away I 
jOo back to what thy IniEmcy began, 
Thou who wert ne/er meant to be a M|in: 
Eat Pap and Spoon-meat $ for thy Gugaws cry i 
BefuUen, and refufcthe Lullaby. 
No more accufe thy Pen 3 but charge.the GriflM 
Oa:Native Sk>th, and N^ligence of Time. 
Thiftk'ft thou thy Matter, or thy Friehds, to cheat T 
Fool, 'tis thy (elf, and that's a wor(e Deceit. 
Beware the publick Laughter of the Town ; 
.Thou fpring'd a Leak already in thy Oowo. 
\A flaw i$ in. thy ill-bak'd VeilH fo^nd i 
^fris follow, and returns a jarring found. 

Yet, thy moid Clay is pliant to Conmiand} 
Unwrought, and eafy to the Potter'a Hand : 
Now take the Mold: now bend thy Mind to fieel 
The fird (harp Motions of the Forming Whcd. 

But thou had Und ( a Country-Seat, fecure 
By a jud Title i codly Furniture y 



I Parchminty &C. The SfU* 
dents us'dro wtitetheir Notes 
on Parchments i theinfide,on 
which they wrote, was white s 
the other fide was hairy, and 
CpmmQAly yellow. SlHintUUn 



reproves this Cndom, anisd* 
vifes rather Table-Books, UnM 
with Wax, and a Style, like 
that we ufe in our VeUon 
Table-Booksi ai more eafy. 



SATrlll. PERSIUS. 



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A ^ Fuming-Pan thy Lares to appnfe : 
What need of Learning when a Man's at eafe? 
If this be not enough to fwell thy Soul, . 
Then.pkafe thy Pride, and fearch the Herald's Roll, 
Where thou (halt find thy famous Pedigree 
Drawn 3 firom the Root of fbme old Tkfcan Tree; 
And thou, a Thoufand o£F, a Fool of long Degree 
Who, clad in 4 Purple, can'ft thy Cenfbr greet i 
And, loudly, call him G)ufin, in the Streets 

Such Pageantry be to the People (hown: 
There hoaft thy Horfe's IVappings, and thy own: 
I know thee to thy Bottom \ from within 
Thy (hallow Centre, to the utmoft Skin .• 
Doll thou not bluih to live £o like a Beaft» 
So trim, fi> diflblute, fo loofely dreft? 

Bat» 'tis in vain : The Wretch is drench'd too deepi 
His Soul is (hipid, and his Heart -afleep : 
Fattened in V\cp i fo callQus, and fb'gro(s» 
He fins, fltod fiees not$ .ftnleiefs of liis Lofi. 
Down goes the Wretch at once, unskilFd to (wim» 
Bopdefi to bubbleop, and reach the. Water's kun; . 

Great Father of the Gods, when^ for cor Grlmcir- 
ThoB fend'ft Tome heavy Judgment on the Times » 



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a %A Fuming-Pdni &c. Be- 
'fart bating, it was cuftomary 
to cut 6S Come pait of the 
Itteat I which was fitft put into 
a Pan, oi little Diih $ then in- 
to the Fire, as an Officiing to 
the Houihold- Gods: This they 
IcalPd a Libation. 

S Drawn from the 'K^ot, &C. 
The Tufcansyittt accounted of 
ttioft aoc lent 'Nobility. Ho- 
tact obferves this, in mOft of 
his Complimems to Metsnast' 



who was deii?'d firom the Old 
Kings of Trnfcdnrt now the Do- 
minion of the Great Duke. 

4 Who cUd in Purple, 8cc 
The Tinman Knights, attix^dia 
the Kobe caU'dTr4^«4, were 
fummon'd by the Cenfox to 
appear before him }. and to ik- 
lute him in paHing by, as their 
Names were call'd over. They 
led their Horles in theii Hand. 
See more of this in PfmfjejTt 
Life,' written by ^ItUi^rch. 

Some 



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Some Tyrant-King, the Terror of his Ag^ 

The Typei and true Vicegerent of thy Rage i 

Thus punifli him : Set Virtue in his Sighti 

With all her Charms adom'd, with all her Graces M 

But fet her di(hnt, make him pale to fee 

His Gains ou^wefgh'd by loft Felicity / 

Sicili^ f Tortures, and the Brazen Bull, 
Are Emblenss, rather than exprefs the Full 
Of what he fisels r Yet what he fears, is more: 
The ^ Wretch, who fitting at his plenteous Botrd, 
Look'd upi and view*d on high the pointed Sword^ 
Hang o'er his Head, and hanging by a Twinci 
Did with lefs^ead, and more fecurely Dine. 
Ev'n in his Sleep he ftarts, and fears the Knife, 
And, trembling, in his- Arms, takes his Accomplice \ 
Down, down, he goes i and from his Darlings Frioiii 
Conceals the Woes his guilty Dreams portend; 

When I was young, I, like a 1a%y Fool, 
3¥ou'd blearmy Eyes with Oil to ftay book School; 



f SiciltMHTortufth 6ce. S6me 
of the Sieilidn Kings were fo 
great Tyi>uits, that the Name 
is become Provexbial. The 
Brazen Bull is a known Story 
of PhAUrtSf one of thofc Ty- 
santss who when Ptrdlmy a 
famous Axtift, had piefeoted 
him with a Bull of that Metal 
hollow'd within,, which when 
the €0ndemn*d Pfetfon-was in- 
clos'd in it, wou*d'iendec the 
Sound of a Bull's roaiing, 
caus*d the Workman to make 
thefirft Experiment. Docmit" 
fmt fuum mugir* Jmftncnm, 



Hri^lfRiestff the Story oJ 
mocUt^ a Flatterer of oi 
thofe SicUUn Tyrants, na 

Dionyfim. Ddttfclts had 
nitely txtol^d the Hapj 
of Kings. DhnyfiuSi to 
vincehim of the contrar) 
Ttted htm to a Feaft, 
clothed him in Purple i 
caus'da^ Sword, with the ] 
downward, to be hung 
his Head by a iilken Tv 
which when he perceifN 
cou*d eat nothing of the 
licates that wcxc fee b 
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Sa*. HI. PERSIVS. I6t 

Aver& from Pains, tfid loth to leara the Part 
OF CiU$, dying with t dauntlefi Heart: 
Tho' aiuch> nay Matter, that ftern Virtue prais'd. 
Which, o'er the Vaoqui(her the Vanquilh'd rais'd : 
And my pkas'd Father came with Pride to fee 
His Boy defeod the RomMn Liberty* 

But thea my Study was to Gog the Dioe^ 
Ao^ dextVoufly to throw the lucky Sice: 
To fhuQ Ames-Aee, thatfwept my Stakes away ; 
And watclr the Box, for fear thqr (hou'd convey 
I FaUe Bones, and ]mt upon me in the Play. 
Careful, befides, the whirling Top to whip. 
And drive her giddy, till (he fell afleep. 

Thy Years are ripe, nor art thou yet to learn 
What's Good or 111, and both their Ends difcerac 
Thou, 7 in the SccHck-Porch, feverely bred* 
Haft heard the Do^»'i of great Zeno read : 
Where on the Walls, by 8 p^/^^^^/ii/ Hand, 
The C6nquer*d Medians in Trunk- Breeches ftand. . 
Where the (horn Youth to midnight Ledures ti&t 
Rous'd from their Slumbers to be early wife : 
Where the coarfe Cake, and homely Husks of Beans> 
From pamp'ring Riot the yoiing Stomach weans : 
And 9 where the SamknY dkc€t$ thy Steps to run 
Jo Virtue's narrow Steep, and Broad-way Vice to ihun. 

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7 Th§it in the Stoick^ Percht 
€cc. The Stoicks taught theic 
^hilofophy undet a Porticut^ 
to Secure thea Scholars from 
the Weather. Zeno was the 
Chicf.of that Scd. 

t PohgnotMSj a famous Pain- 
ter, who drew the Tiftuies of 
the Mtdes and Perfianst con- 
9Qec*d by MUtiadet, Thmift$' 



clehi and other KAtbenUn Ctp* 
tains, on the Walls of thS 
P§rtic9i in their Natural Ha- 
bits. 

9 sAnd when the SiJ»iah T, 
&C. PphdgordS^f Samos, made 
theAllufiOnofth^ Y, ot Greek, 
Up(]lon, to Vice and Virtue« 
One (ide of the tetter beiii; 
bxoad> ChaiSLQttu N'\^^^ \^ 



1*0 P X R.f- 

Some TynoMQiV. -' , /^ ^* Sat. III. 
Tjc Tjp^ •-• ^ / Wft thy dmnken Breatb, 

I?*? ^ ^^Wft the Sleep of Death : 

Witli 1^1 ^^JiBd thy Frame disjoio'd j 

-Sfr jr^^ii w thy Mind. 
^A^ ^S^y^ propoi'd forae certain End, 
Ai/ ^Jfifok, thy cf 'ry Aft may tend ? 
/S>Wl^ At ^hicb to bend thy Bow ? 

r 3^9^ puriSi'ft the Carrion-Crow 

/i^^ and with Stonei, firom Tree to Tree : 
i^^Toil, and liv'ft Extemfere f 

/^^fefae Di&afi m time: For* when within 

JSptopCf ragei and extends the Skin, 

ffam for HelieScn the Patient cries. 
^ fieei the Doflor; but too late if wiie : 
f» late, for Cure, heproffiers half hb Wealth} 
Cmqt^ and GmUcns cannot gWe him Health, 
licarn, Wretches, learn the Motions of the Mind, 
. Why you were made, for v^t you were deHgn'di 
And thff great Moral End of Human Rind. 
Study thy felf : What Rank, or what Degree 
The wife Creator has ordain'd for thee : 
And all the Offices of that Eftate 
Perform ; and with thy Prudence guide thy Fate. 

Pray juftly, to be heard : Nor more deiure 
Than what the Decencies of Life require. 
Learn what thou ow*fl thy Coonrryt and thy Friend ^ 
What's requiiite to fpare, and what to fpeoid : 
Learn this i and after, envy not the Store 
Of the greaz'd Advocate, that grinds the Poor: 



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which the Afcent is wide and 
cafy: The othei iide repre- 
fcnts Virtue j to which the 
FalTage is ftrsiight and diffi- 
cult : and pcihaps out Savioui 



might al(b allude to this» ia 
thofe noted Wotds of the £• 
vangelift, 7h$ way to Htisvi»9 
dec. 

Fat 



Sat. hi. P If R S IU SI ztfj. 

Fat ■** Fees from the defini(fed Umbrian draws i 
And only gains the wealthy Client's Cauft. 
To whom the ^^ Idmrfms more Proviiion (endy 
Than he and all his Family can fpend. 
Gammons, that gi?e a Relifh to the Tafiie, 
And potted Foul, and Filh come in (b faft. 
That ere the firft is out, the (econd dinks : 
And mouldy Mother gathers on the brinks. 
Bat, here, ibme Captain of the Land or Fleets* 
Stoat of his Hands, but of a Soldier's Wit \ 
Cries, I have Senfe to ferve my Turn, in fiore \ 
And he's a Rafcal who pretends to more. 
Dammee, what-e'er thofe Book-leam'd Blockheads iayt 
^i^'s the veri'ft Fool in all the Play; 
Top-heavy Drones^ and always looking down, 
(As over-bakfted within the Crown! ) 
J Muct'ring. betwixt their Lips ifome myftick thing, 
I Which, well examin'd, is flat Conjuring. 
I Meer Mad-mens Drdims : For, what the Schools have 
f Is only this, that Nothing can be brought taught,] 

From nothing ; and, What is, can ne'er be tum'd to nought. 
Is it for this they ftudy ? to grow pale, 
Aiid mifs the Pleafures of a glorious Meal; 
For this, in Rags accouter'd, they are feett, ' 
And made the May-game of the publick Spteto ? 

Proceed, my Friend, and rail \ But hear me teH* 
A Story, whichris juft thy Paralld. 

A dp^> like thee, of the Man-kiHirig Trade» 
Tell ficki and thus to his Phyfician faid : 
Methinks I amr not right in ey'ry Part \ ^ 

I feel a kind of trembling at my Heart : 






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20 VAt Fees, 8c C. Cafdiihn 
itf«r We notes, that among all 
- tiic%omdHSt veho were brought 
' m»C(ri«ea£niiig, fewbcfidcsthc 



Orators, or Lawyers, gtcwiidbi 
• it The MdtfiMu ot ^mkri* 
nnh .ivei^e.tht moft plendfi^ 
of aU the Provinces of /u//. 



^4 PEJISIV'S. Sat. I] 

My PuUe unequal tnd my Breath U firoog^ 

Selides a filthy Furr upon my Tongue. 

The DoGtor bcui him, cxercb'd hit Skill : 

And, after, bid him for Four Dayi be ftilL 

Three Days he took goodXTounlel, and began 

To mend, and look like a Ktcov'ring Man : 

The Fourth, he cou'd not hold from drink i but findi 

His Boy to one of his old trufty Friends : 

Ad)uring hifflj by all the FowVs Divine, 

To pity hb Diftrieis, who cou'd not Dtne 

V^ithout a Flaggon of his healing Wine. 

He drinks a fwilling Draughty and, Hn'd withkit 

Williiipple, in the Bath, histMitward Skin: 

Whom (hou*d he find but his Phyfidan.there^ 

Who, wifely, badb him once again beware. 

Sir you bok wan, you hardly draw your Breath i 

Drinking is dbn^rous, and the Bath is Death. 

*Tis Nothing, fays the Fool : But, fays the Friend* 

This Nothing, Sir, will bring you to your End. 

Do I not fee your Dropfy Belly fwell ? 

Your yellow Skin ? — — No more of that i Vm well 

I have already bury'd two or three i 

That flood betwixt a fair Eftate and me, | 

And, Do^lor, I may live to bury thee. i 

Thou tell'ft me, I look ill; and thou kx>k'fl worfe. 

I've done, fays the Phyfician i take your courfe. 

The laughing Sot, like all unthinking Men, 

Eatbes and gets drunk y then bathes and drinks ag^: 

His Throat half throtled with corrupted Phlegm, 

And breathing through his Jaws a belching Steam : 

Amidft his Cups with fainting fhiv'ring ieiz.'d. 

His Limbs disjointed, and all o'er dLfeas'd» 

lii$ Hand rcfu&s to fuflain the Bowl : 

And his Teeth chatter, and his Eye-balls rowl: 

^B, with hit Meat, he vomits out his Soul : 



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Sat. m. P E R S lU S. ttf j 

Then Tn^mpets, Torches* and a tedious Grew 

Of Hireliog Mourners, for his Funeral due. 

Our dear ^parted Brother lies in State i 

His >2 -Heels ftretck'd oat, and pointing to the Gate : 

And Slaves, now manumiz*d, on thor dead Matter 

wait. 
They hoift him on the Bier, and deal the Dole i 
And there's an end of a luxurious Fool. 
ftit what's thy fiilfom Parable to me ? 
tij Body is from all Diiea&s free : 
Sly tempVate Fulft does regularly beat i 
^ed, and be fitisiyd, my Hands and Feet: 
'thA' are not cold, nor thoft opprcft with Heat. 
Or lay tfcy Hand u|^ my naked Heart, 
And thou (halt find me hale in ev'ry part. 

I grant this true : But, MI, the deadly Wound 
Is in thy Soul i 'tis there thou art not found ; 
Say» when thou feeft a heap of tempting GoJd^ 
Or a more tempting Harlot db'ft behold i 
Then, wbea (he calls on thee a fide-long Glance^ 
,Tbea try thy Heart, and tell me if It dance. 

Some coarfe cold Salad is before thee fie i 
Bread with the Bran peiliaps, and broken lUcaSti 
Fall on, anS try thy Appetite to eat. 
Theie are not Difhes for thy dainty Tooth: 
What, had tkou got an Ulcer in thy Mouth ? 
Why ftand'ft.Aou picking ? Is thy PaDat fore ? 
That Bete and RadUhes will make thee roar>? 
Such is th' unequal Temper of thy Mind i 
Thy Padions, in extreamss and onconfin'd : 
Thy Hair fo brifUes widi unmanly Fears, 
As Fidds of Com» tint in rife bearded Ears J 

IS His titils /htnt^d •«f,|Ileafontheroet(liys, thattha 
.^c:\T]sB(at«MMiM were buried I dead Man'sHeek were ftietch'd 

^tkoor die Cityi foe wUdi| one lowaidt the iiate. 






PEXSIUS. Sat. III. 



And, when tbf Cheekj with Aufhing Fury glow. 
The nge of bmljng Cildroni is more 'flow j 
Vben fol wMi Fud inil with Flamu below, 
With Foam upon thj' L|pi aod fpaililiag Eyes, 
Thou la/ft. and do'ft, in fuch oumgioiu wi&i 
Alt mad '> Orijitt, if he &w the Show, 
^ou'd fne» th(»i wcrt the midda of the two. 



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art! Son to ,^jmhmh«> ud 

tUtimnifirt. ^gtaumnt*, U 
Irit leium fiom the Tn/aa 
Van, «M fltiii bjr v£ffA^0i, 
ihc Adultoa of Oitmmjh*, 



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Detth , llev both £^jr/^ u' 
liiiUoibci: Foi which hewn 
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P E R S I U S. 

THE 

FOURTH SATYR. 



By Mr. D R T D E N. 



The ARGUMENT 

Our Author^ living in the time of Nero, vjas Com^ 
temporary and friend to the Noble Peet Lucan ; 
iotJ^ of them wen fufficiently ftnfiUe^ with all 
good Men ^ how Mnskilfnlly be mamag^d.tbe Com* 
monwealth: and perhaps might gmefs at hisfu" 
ture Tyranny^ by fomt jPajffaget^ dttring the tat* 
ter part of his fir ft five tears \ tbo* be broke not 
out into his great Exifffes^ while be was re* 
firain^d by the Cotmfels amd Authority- of Seneca. 
Lucan has not fpar^d him im the Poem of bis 
Phar(alia; /^ri^iV very Complement looked afquint 
as well as Nero. Pcriius has been bolder^ but 
with Caution likewife. For here, in the Perfom 
of young Alcibiadcs, he arraigns his Ambition 
of m ddling with State Affairs j without Judg* 
ment or Experience. ^Tis probable that he makes 

" 1, in this Satyr ^ fnftain tic Purt of S^y2«.* 

N X ^», 



Z(S8 P E R S I US. Sat. IV. 

. ,Xes, under a borrow* d Name. And^ vjithal^ di* 

Jfcovers fomefecret Vices (jfNcro, concerning Im 

Luji^ his Drunkennefs^ and his J^eminm^ 

^ which had not yet arrived toPublick jRotice. nt 

mljh refrehends the Flattery of his Courtiers^ ivh 

endeavoured to make all hts Vices fafs for Virtues, 

Covetoufnefs was undoubtedly none of his Faults; 

tut it is here defcribed as a Veil xaji over tie 

true Meaning of the Poet^ which was to Satyr ize 

'■ iis Prodij^ltty, and Voluptuoufnefs ; to whtch he 

' makes a Tranfttion. Ifind no Injlance in ISfiory^ 

of that Emferor*s being ^ Pathique, th(f Per- 

^ fvis feems to brand him with it. From the two 

* Dialogues of Plato, both called Alcibiadcs, the 
'Poet took the Arguments of the Second and Tlird 

- Satyr ^ but he inverted the Order of them: F» 
the ^T'hird Satyr is taken from the Ftrjl of tbtfe 
- Dialogues. 

uhe Commentators hefore Cafaubon, were igm* 
rant of our Author* sfecret Meaning y and thought 
he had only written againft young Noblemen in 

ieneral^ who were too forward in affiring to 
^ublick Magtjlracy : But this excellent Scholiafi 
has unraveWd the whole My fiery \ and made it 
apparent, that the Sting of this Satyr was parti* 
. fularly aim^d at Nero. 

WHoc'cr thou -art, whofc forward Years arc bent 
On Sate AfEairs, to guide the Govemmentj 
Hear, firft, what « Socrates of old has (aid 
To the lov'd Yoath, whom he at jfthens bred. 

•TcO 

I SttntiSiVthjstBL^Xytzeie | tline of the fiUp^nwfiim War. 

• SfDtlpffis psaifed, asthewireft I He, fin4mgthe tmcettiiBty of 

Um vf hil>8^ W4 4a^%\ )ft%i»aX XvMsi^fi. $fflfd 



Sat. IV, PER S lU S. 



269 



Tell me, thou Pupil to great * TericUs, ' * 

Our feoond Hope, my Alci'MdeSf 
What are the GroundSj From whence thou doft prepare 
To undertake, fo young, fo vaft a Care? 
Perhaps thy Wit : ( A Chance not often heard. 
That Parts and Prudence (hou'd prevent the Beard:) 
Tis feldom feen, that Senators fo young. 
Know when to fpeak, and when to hold their Tong^jB* 
Sore thou art born to fome peculiar Fate$ 
When the mad People rife againft the State, , 
To look them into Duty: and command 
An awful Silence with thy lifted Hand. 
Then to befpeak 'em thus : Athenians, knov^^' 
Again ft right Reaibn all your Counfels goj . 
This is not fair; nor proBtable that; 
Nor t'other Queftion proper for Debate. 
But thou, no 'doubt, can'ft fet the Bus'ne(s right* . 
And give each Argument its proper weight: 
Know'ft, with an equal hand, to hold the Scale : 
Seed where the Reaions pinch, and where they fail. 
And where Exceptions o'er the general Rule prevail 
And, taught by Infpiration, in a trice, 
Can'ft s puniih Crimes, and brand offending Vice. 

Leave,^ 



hknfelf wholly to tbe> Moral. 
He was Mafter to Xenophon 
and P/4f«; and to many of 
the .^thtnUn young Noble- 
men; among theieft, to sAi- 
tibiadiSt tke moft lovely Touth 
then living ; afterwards a fa- 
mous Captain, whofe Life is 
.written by Tlmsrch. 

z Ptriclts was Tutor, orra- 
thex Oveifeec of the Will of 



While PerUlts II vM, who waa 
a wife Man, and aji excellent 
Orator, as well as a great Ge^ 
necal, the xAthenians had the 
better of the War. 

9 CM^ft pmni/b Crimis, 8ec* 
That is, by Death. When the 
Judge would condemn a M«^ 
Icfaftor, they caft their Votes 
into an Urn, as according to 
the Modem Cuftpih, a Bal* 
lotttng-Boz. If the Soffxagea 



ijo P E RS Itr S.^ Sat. IV. 

Imwtt letfe to fathom fiidi high Points ti tfadc^ 
Mdr her tmbfiioiiii, ere thf time, fe pioUc: 
Uaietfimablj Wife 'tili ^ and Ckm, 
Bafe fonn'd thjr 800I9 to manage grett Afiirs. . 
Tbjr Face» thjr Shape» thy Ootfide, are hot fain) 
ThoQ haft not Strength iiich Labours to iiiftabi: 
Drink 4 BiUi k rh mj Boy* drink dqep «nd pitfge tliji 
Brain, 

What aim'ft thoa ar» and whither tends thy Gkc^ 
In what thy otmoft Good? DdidoosFaiei. 
Aack then» to Son Ay filf in opoa Aar. 

Hold. hoUs sfeaDthy empty Wiflies inch? 
A good old Woman woa'd hate fiad as mncfau 
te thoa art Nobly bom ) *tts tmei go boaft 
Thy Pedig!ree» the thh^ thou vah'ft moft: 
BefidesthoaartaBean: What's that, my Child! 
A FopWeB dreft* extra¥agant» and wild: 
She, that cries Herbs, has Ids [mpertinepce; 
And, in her Calling, more of common Senfe. 

None, none deTcends into himieif, to find 
The iearet Imperfcdioos of his Mind : 
But e?^ one is £agle-ey*d, to fee 
Another's Faults, and his Deformity: 
Say, doft thou know f ViHidmst Who, the Wretch 
Whoie Lands beyond the SMius largely ftretchs 



were matkM with e, they 
figaify*d the Sentence of 
Death to the Offender 1 is 
being the ficft Letter of e<tv«. 
4"^, which in EngUlh is 
Death. 

4 Drink^Hellehn^ &C. The 
Yoet woa*d fay, thas fuch aa^ 
ignortnt Toung Man, as he 
hctc dcftiibcst u fiu«L xo V^ 



Cover 

govem'dhfmfelf, than to go* 
vern others: He therefore ad- 
fifes him to drink HelMnt^ 
which purges the Brain. 

5 Sdy^ d»fi th9u J^fwVefti- 
dins, &c. The Name of r«fff- 
dim is here tts*d ap^pdlatirelj 
to fignify any ridi eofecooi 
Man 1^ tho* jjiethaps theit 
mi||ba he a Man of that 



Sat. IV. PERSIUS.^ 171 

Cover the Country, tbat a failing Kite 

Can fcarce o'erfly 'em, in a Day and Night; 

Him, dofl: thou mean, who fpigbt of all his Store». 

Is ever craving, and will ftill be poor? 

Who cheats for (lalf-pence, and who dofi& his Coatf. 

To iave a Farthing in a Ferry-boat ^ 

Ever a Glutton, at another's Coft, 

But in whole Kitchin dwells perpetual Froft? 

Who eats and drinks with his Domeftick ^vcs^i 

A verier Hind' than any of his Knaves? 

Bora with the Curie and Anger of the Gods* 

And that indulgent Genius he defrauds ? 

At Harve(l-home, and on the Sheering-Day, 

When he (hou'd ^ Thanks to T/m and Palis pay^ i 

And better Ctnsi trembling to approach 

The little Barrel, which he fears to broach^. 

He '£iys-the Wimble, often draws it bacl^ 

And deals to thtrfty Servants but a finack;: 

To a (hort Wka\ he makes a tedioua Grace,;. 

Before the Barley Pudding comes- in ^ place: 

Then, bids fall on i himfelf, for iaving Ch!irgef^ 

A ped'd (lic'd Onion eats, and tipples Verjuice. 

Thus fares the Drudge: But thou, whofe Life'sa Dfem* 
Of lazy Pleafhres, tak'ft a worfe Eztream. 
' ris all thy bus'nefs, bus'ncfs how to fbun i 
To bask thy naked Body in the Sun» 

Name thea liviag; I ha?ei r/ij// invocates inthe beglbr- 
titnflatcd this FaiTage para- I ning of his Second Ge9rgiquu 
phiaftically, andloofly; and 1 1 give the Epithet of Better 
leave it for thofe to look on, to Ceres , becaufe (he firft: 



taught the Ufa of Corn for 
Bread, as the Poets teil us. 
Men, in the firft rode Ages,. 
feedUg only on AcornSi.oX' 
Maft, iaftead of Bxeal 



who are qot unlike the Fl- 
ftttie. 

6 When ke/hemUThdnkhUc. 
Fdm the God of Shepherds, 
apd fdhs the Goddeft pre-.' 
fiding ova lUHll Affaus> trhoffl: 



ijt PERSITTS. Sat. IV 

Sap^bg thy ftiftied Joines with fngrant Oil: 

Then, in tby (pacioiii Garden* walk a whiles 

To fuck the Moifture up^ and loak it in: . 

>nd this, thou thsak% but vatnly think'il, oniben^. 

Eut, knew, thou art obfayd: and there are thofe 

Who, if they durft, woa'd all thy iecret Sins tXfoSt^ 

The 7 Depilation of thy modeft Part : 

Thy CaSamhij the Darling of thy Heart, 

His Engine-hand, and er'ry lewder Art. ^ 

When, prone to bear, and patient to receire* 

Thou tak'ft the Pleafiire, which thoa can^ft not gpf^ 

With odorous OO thy Head and Hair are fleck; 

And then thou kemh'ft the Tuzzes on thy Cheeky. 

Of theie thy Barbers take a coftly Care, 

While thy fait Tail is orer-grown with Hair* 

Not all thy Pincers, nor unoianly Arts, 

Can fmooth the rooghnefi of thy (Kamefiil PartiL- 

Not ^ five, thefh-ongeft that, the Ofr»i» breeds» 

From the rank Soil can root thofb wicked Weeds: 

Tho' 



7 "^he IXefiUtion of thy mo* 
dtfl Part, 8c c. Our Author 
here tasks A^^ro, covertly, with 
that Effeminate Cuftom now 
us'd in Italjy and efpecially 
by Harlots, of fmoothing their 
Bellies, and takting ofif the 
Hairs which grow about their 
Secrets. In Nero''% time they 
were pulfd off with Pincers j 
but now they ufe a Pafle, 
which apply'd to thofe Farts, 
when it is removM, carries 
away with it thofe Excrefcen- 
cic«. ^ 

S Not fivi thi firoHp/^ 8cc. 
The I^eauicd HoUiUy^ (wha 



has made as amends for kU 
bad Poetry in this and the 
reft of thefe Satyrs, with his 
excellent Ulaftxations,) hexe 
tells us, from good Amhoxicyi 
that the Nombex Five docs 
not allude to the FiytFingofi 
of one Man, who ns^d fluah 
all, in taking off the HaiA 
before mentioned i bar to 
Fivi ftrong Men, filch as wCfC 
skilfiil in the Bre xobuft Ex- 
ercifes, then in pxadiee at 
T^me, and were peifoimedin 
the Cirau , ox Fiibliek PhMt» 
ofdained fbi them. Tbale 
Fire he scckona np In this 

taamici: 



Sat;W: P^'E'H'SIV'S. 



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Tix>'fiipDled firft with Soap, to eaie thjrpAia* 
The ilaboora Fern iprings up» and fprouts agauh * 

Thus others we with Defamations wound, 
While they ftab usi and fo the Jeft ^oes rounds \ 
Vaia are thy Hopes, to Tcape ceoforioius £yesi 
Truth will appear through aH the thia Di^uifi: 
Thou haft an Wlcct which no Leach can heal, 
Tho' thy broad Shoulder-beh the Wound conceaL' 
Sajikthou art (bund and hale in ev'ry Part, 
We know, we know thee rotten at thy Heart. 
We know thee (iillen, impotent and proud : 
Nor can'ft thou cheat thy 9 Nenre, whocheat^fttheCroudy 

But when they praife me, in the Neighbourhood* v 
When the pleas'd People take me for a God, 
SImII I reCiife their Incenfe? Not receive 
Thie loud Applaufes which the Vulgar give? 

If thou do'ft Wealth, with longing Eyes, hcbfiiiv 
And, greedily, art gaping after GcMj . 
If fome alluring Girl, in glidin^by. 
Shall tip the Wink, with a lafcivious Eye, 
And thou, with a confcnting Glance, reply ^ -. 
If thou, thy own SoHicitor become. 
And bid'ilarife the lumpiOi Vendulum: 
If thy lewd Lull provokes an empty Storm^ 
And prompts to more than Nature can j^drfiorms 



tnanner: i. The CAflnst ox 
Whitlbats, defcrib'd by Fir^V, 
in his fifth </£netd } aiid this 
was the moft dangerous of all 
the reft. The Second was the 
F^^t-rsce. The Third the Dtf- 
w/, like the throwing a weigh- 
ty Ball s a Sport now u^'d in 
CornwsU^ and othet Parrs of 
Bjifii^ndi nt may fee it daily 
2in€th*d hi 1(^'Uon Pitids, 

rheFoHith waithe i$Wlrif/> ot 

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I^eaptng: And the Fifth npp^/» 
ling ndks^, and befmeaxM witii 
Oil. They who were praftis'd 
in thefe Five Manly Ezes^ 
cifes, were caH'd nfrT«6A«#« 
9 Thy Ntrvi, 8cc. That i^* 
thou canft not decei?e thy; 
obfcene Part, which is wealth' 
or impotent, tho' thou mak'ft 
Oftentation of thy Peffoi^ 

maacca with Womtflf 



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K with thf >* GoHd^ thoalcov^ AeSttettilrN^ 
And <lo*ft in MvAeri, Rtpeii and ^poOtf ddig|hts 
Pkife not tky lelf , the Brnftio^ Orowd to hen i 
Tis fUfiNiie ftii£Fs to feed thj ttcUng Bar. 
R^eftdie NanAooi Pkiiiei of die Tiniea: 
Gife thjr vttt FMi beck thor iO P Ucd Rnmci : 
Snmsj tlqr " Soul, not whet. thoiick/fti9peir» 
But wketthoD»t» eaii find de Begpr theM^ 



Fff/ms dnift asr hafweealb 
hM with Jforv* as 1 4u€ 
aoiti- aad tkeidbie ikene if 
oaly an itiattioa of diatia 
Mbi» which' I pi^licUr fpeak : 
I mutuk of Mrr«*t valldBf la 
the Stfcett bf Mi|ht» indif^ 

eand ceflMBiifiag all 
ofOottageti fbfvhieh 
ke wai fofl^cttnci wdLhcatea. 



II Anrmj thf inAi ftti 
Thai if» look iM thf ftl( 
aad: eiamiae .thy ova da- 
icieacei thaic thopftaltlaii 
diat how wealthy iMftidM 
apfeaicft to vhe Wodl« Vo 
thdta an hot a Bcggari W 
CMfe dieo ait dciknic oM 
▼Utaei, whidi oe dielLkhci 
ofcheaooL ThitaUbvaia. 
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THE 

FIFTH SATYR. 



By Mr. D R T Dc E N. 



The ARffU M E N^T. 

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tie JmMcioMs Calaubon, in his Pr^im to thisSdtyrj 
uJls us J TJbaf AilAofi^nes^the Grammar tan bt^ 
htf ask^Jj wha$ Potm rf Ajrchilochus his lamr 
btsks be preferred before the reft ; amfwer^dy 7he 
fewW^. His Anfwer miy jufth be afflfdto this 
Ftjtt Saytr ; wbich^ being of a greater length 
than any of the reft^ is alfi^ by. fax^ the.mofl.in* 
ftxnSive : For this reafon I bavefeleSed it from 
ail- the others^ and infcriPd it. to^^ ZieamedMa^ 
fter Dr. Busby; to whom I am not only obliged 
my felffor the bejifart rfney own Education^ and 
that rfmy two Sons'^ but have alfo re^eiv*d from 
him the firft and trnejl Tajie o/'Perffus. May 
he be pleas d to find in this Tranflation^ the Gra-- 
iitudey or at teafl fime fmall Acknowledgement 
•f bit unworthy Schidar^ at the Dijlance of 24 

J, Tears^ 



17* r E R5 lUS. Sat. V. 

Tfars, from the time when I Jeparttdfir^m wt^ 
tier bis Tmtitm, 

This Satyr conjifts cftwo diftinS Parts: 7%efirjl 
€9ntatns the Praifes of the Stoick Pbilof9^bef 
Cornutus^ Majler and Tutor to our Perfius. b 
alfo declares the Love and Piety rfPes&nSj tobit 
well'defirving JMaJieri and the mutual triiui' 
Jhip which continued betwixt them^ after PcxiGilS 
was now grown a Mam. As alp bis Exhortatim 
to Toung Noblemen J that they wou'd enter them^ 
felves into his Inftitution^ From hence he makes 
an artful Tran/ition into the fecond Part of bit 
SubjeS : wherein be firji complains of tie Sh$b 
cff Scholars^ and afterwards ferfwades them to the 
furfuit of their true Liberty: Here our jtutkt 
excellent^ treats that Paradox of the StoickS| 

. which affirms J that the Wife or Virtstotts Man is 
only free ; and that all Vicious Men are naturaty 
Slaves.. And^ in the Illujiration of this Dogma^ 
he takes up the remaining Part of this inimitable 
Satyr^ 



The Fi FTH S AT YBL 

Infaib'd to the Reverend Dr. B 175 B r, 

^he Speakers Perfius and ComutusJ. 

P E R S I V S. 

f^ F ancient Ufe to Poets it beloogj, 

^^ To wi(h thcmfclvesan hundred Moutfts and TongliS? 

Whether to the welllung'd Tragedians Rage 

They recommend tfieic Labours of the Stage, 



Or fing the TkHhiMn, wlien trmsfix'd lie Ites^ 
Wrenching the BM/fM Ja?*lin firom his Thighs. 

Corn, ^nd why wou'dft thou thefe mighty Morfik chiG^ : 
Of Words uncheVd, and fit to choak the Mufif ^ ' ~ " 
Let Faftlan Poet« with their StufF be gone. 
And fuck the Mifts that hang o*er Hebcmi 
WhcQ * Frcint's or * Thymes* Feaft they write | 
And, for the moutluag Ador» Verie indite. 
Thou neither, like a BeUows, fwell% thy Faee^ 
Af if thou wert to bk>w the burning Mafi 
Of melting Ore) nor canft thou ftain thy Throafj* , 
Or murihur in an undiftingui(h'd Note, 
Like rowling Thunder till it breaks the Cloud* 
^yad rattling Nonfenfe is difcharg'd aloud. 
Soft Elocution does tdy Style renown» 
And the fweet Accents of the peaceful Gown: 
Gentle or (harp, according to thy chdce. 
To laugh at Follies, or to la(b at Vice. 
Hence draw thy Theme, and to the Stage perniit 
Raw-head and Bloody-bones, and Hands and Feet*. 
Ragoufts for Tereus or Tfyefles drefti 
'Tis Task enough for thee t'expofe a 'Roman Feaft* 

Terf. 'Tis not, indeed, my T^nt to engage 
In lofty Trifles, or to fwcll my Page 
AVith Wind and Noifci but freely to impart. 
As to a Friend, the Secrets of my Heart; 
And, in familiar Speech, to let thee know 
How much I love thee, and how much I oweJ- 



I rr§gni was Wife toTertuf^ 
Xing ef Thracia: TenmhW in 
Xiove with Phihmehy Siftei to 
Pr^^x ravifli'd her, and cut 
•ut hei Tongue: In Kcveage 
of which y P^0^f kill'd Itys^ 
her own Soa by Tertm $ ' and . 
iBSv'dhimu^ataFcaft; u>htl 



eaten by his Father* 

Z Thyefiet and ^tum M^- 
Brothers, both Kings: xAtrms,. 
to Revenge him(cl£ of his un- 
natural Brothfi^ kiird .tke 
Sons of Thjjifits^. and U 
him lofitttheiiit 



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Knock 00 my Heart: for thoa haft fUll (o find- 

If it found Md, or be fiU'd with Wind s > 

And. thro' the veilofWords^ thou new'ft the naked Mind, j 

For this a hundred Voices I defire. 
To tell thee what an hundred Tongues wodd dre^ 
Tet never could be worthily exprcft. 
How deeply thou art feated in my Breaft. 
When firft my 3 childifti Robe re%i'd the Charge^ 
And left ,me» unconfin'd, to li?e at larger 
When now my golden BuUm ^hung on high 
To Houfliold Gods) declar'd me paft a Boyi 
And my ^ white Shield prodaim'd my Liberty : 
When, with my wild Companions> I cou'd rowl 
From Street to Street, and fin without controul^ 
Juft at that Age, when Manhood iet me frcei 
I then depos'd my ielf, and left the Reins to thesu 
On thy wife Boibm I repos'd my Head» 
And. by my better f S$crM$St was brech 
Then thy ftreight Rule fit Virtue in my fight». 
The crooked Line reforming by the right. 
My Reafbn took the bent of thy Command,. 
Was form'd and poli/h'd.by thy skilful Hand: . 
Long Summer-days thy Prrcepts I rehearfe;. 
And Winter-nights were ihort in our conrerle; 



a- By the Childiih Robe, is 
iftieant the Prdtixta, ox fiift 
Gowns which the 1^§mdH Chil- 
flicn of Quality wore : thefe 
were welted with Purple } and 
on thofe Welcs were fafteu*d 
the BulUy or little Bells } 
wkiidi when they came to the 
Age oi Puberty t were hang up, 
and Con(ecrated to the Zjift^ 
mt Honihold Gods. 

4 The M $hiel4whlch the 



^M4» Tonths wore, wsie 
white, and without any Isi' 
preff, or Device on theni} to 
ihew they had yet Atchie7*i 
nothing in the Wars. 

5 Stcrates, by the Orscle> 
was dedat'd to be the yfM 
of Mankind: He tnftmaed 
many of the ^^tbtnidn Tooeg 
Noblemen in Morality, siid 
amopfft th» nl^j^AUiHdii* 

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Sat. V. P E R S IirS. 17P 

Oo^ was pur Labour, one was our Repofi^ 
One frugad Supper did our Studies clofe. 

Sure 00 our Birth fimie friendly Pianel (honei 
And, as our ^ Souls, our Horoibope was one: 
Whether the 7 mounting Twins iid Heav'n adom^ 
Or, with the rifiog > Bidbnce» we were bonu 
Both have the lame Imprdlions from abovej 
And both have 9 SMium^s Rage, repdl'd by JwC 
What Star I know not, bat fbme Star 1 find». 
Has giv'n Thee an Afcendant o'« ray Mmd. 

Cmm. Nature is ever wious in her Frame: 
Each has a different Wills and few the fame.; 
The greedy Merchants, kd by Lucre, run 
To t& parch'd InMiSy and the rifing Sua^ 
From thence hot Pepperi and rich Drugs thqr beai^ 
Bart'ring for Spices, their Itdlhm Wares 
The iazy Ghitton Mo at home will keep. 
Indulge his Sloth, and batten with his Sleeps. 
One bribes for high Preferments in the State^. 
A fecond (hakes the Box, and fits up late: 
Another (hakes the Bed, di(fi>lving there, 
'Till Knots upon his Gouty Jdnu appear. 
And Chalk is ia his Crippled Fiflgers found; 
Rots like a Doddard Oak, and piecemeal fiillf to 
Then, his lewd Follies, he wou*d late repent^ 
And his paft Years, that in a Mift were ipent, 



€ Afttologer^ divide the 
Heaven ifito Twelve Ptitt, ac- 
ceding to the Nambet of the 
Twelve Signs of the Zodiack : 
The Sign ox ConfteUation 
which zifes in the Eaft, at the 
' litth !^ any Man, is call*d 
' th€LA(4ecnfitat:?«r)CiiiJtherefore 
judges, that Ctnmtm and he had 

^€ bokH osa^UksHativitj, 



7 The Sign of Cminii 
t The Sign of Likru. 
9. Afttologers have an Aa^ 
iom^ that whttfoevet S^amm 
tiesx is loos*d by Jmfittr t 
They accoant Sgimm to be » 
Planet of a Malevolent MIh 
tare, and jMfiOf of t Pro^i* 

tioos laflomc^ 



ft?a ' FR R ST VS. Bill 



Tirf. Bat tboa art ptl^ in n^hdj Studiett grwra 
To make the ><> Stoick laftitutes thj own: 
Thou long witii findioas Care haft dU'd our Yootbf 
And (own our wrU-po^d Ears with whoUome Tn 
From thee both old andjoong, with profit,, leani 
The Bounds of Good and Evil to diiberm 

C$m. VtAmffj be who ckiei thit Work adjounib 
And ta To*morrow won'd the feurch delay : 
Hif hay morrow will be like to-day. 

Terf, But if one Diy of Ea(e too much to borrow 

Of». Ye$, (lire : For Yefterday was once To-mii 
l^hat Yefterday is gone, and nothing gain'd: 
And all thy fraitleft Days will thus be drain'd; 
For thou haft more To-morrows yet to Ask»« 
And uHlt be ever to begin thy Task; 
Who, like the bindmoft Chariot- Wheels are ciirfl» - 
Still to be near» but ne'er to reach the firft. 

O Freedom! firft DeHgbt of Human Kind! 
Not that which Bondmen from their Mafters find^ < 
The >» Privilege of Doles i nor yet t'infcribe 
Their Names in »» this or t* other Romm Tribe .• 
That falfe EnFranchifement with eaie is found: 
Slaves are *3 made Citizens by turning round. 

Xo Ztn9 was the Greitt Ma- ) n The Homdn Fco^ 
ilei of the itoickphilofophj i diftiibuted into feveialT 
and cleanthes was fecond to He wh» wai made free % 
him in Reputation : C^mHtHs^ \ tolled into fomeone pf 
who was Matter oi Tutor to \ and thereupon enjoy' 
^erfiui was of the lame School, comniqn Fxifileges of 

XI When a Slave was made ' tnmn Citizen. 
free, he had the Privilege of i| The Rafter, who ij 
a '^^ntMn Born i which was to ~ 
have a Share in the Donatives 
OI Doles of Brcad» ^c. which 
were diftiibuted by the Magi- 

Axatci amon^ft the leoplc, , 



ed to infranchife a.Slay< 
jiedhim before the, Cit 
tor, and turnM JixJi|..l 
uiing thefe Wor^sj Ivn 



\ 



S=A«!r. V» P E R S JUS. 

How, replies one, can any be more fi-ee? 
Here^sIMms, once a Groom of low Degree* 
Not worth a Farthing, and a Sot befidei 
5o true allogue, for Ljing's fake he ]yd: 
Butt with a turn, a Freeman he became^ 
Now '4 Marcus Dama is his Worihip'$ Name. 
Good Gods! who wou'drefufe to lend a Sum» 
If wealthy Marcus Surety will become! 
Marcus is made a Judge., and for a Proof 
Of certain Truth, HefaiJ it, is enough. 
A Will is to^be prov*d» put. in your Claim ; 
fTis clear, if ^s Af4r^M«.hfls fub(crib'd his Nam(t. 
This is »<5 true Liberty, as I belicyej 
What can we &rther From our Caps receive. 
Than as we pleale without controul to .live? . 
Not more to 17 Noble^rwTM^ cou'd belong. 
.Hold, fays the Stoick, your Affumption's wrong: 
.1 grant tnvs Freedom you Ikave well.defin^ : 
But, living as you lift, and to your Mind, ^ 
.And loofely tack*d, all mud: be left behind. 
Wiiiti Qnce the Praror did my Fetters looie» . 
And left me freely at my own diipoio. 
May I not live without Controul ,^d A we,^ 
Excepting ftill the ^^ Letter of the Law? 



aiA 





14 Slaves had only one 
Kame before their Freedom : 
Aft«r it, they were admitted 
to a Pranimen, like out Chti- 
ftian Namti : So Ddmat h 
now call'd Mdrats Dohm. 

15 At the; Pxoof of a Te- 
ftament, the Magiftrates were 
to fablcribc .. their Names, as 
aliowifltt ihp L^ality of the 
WiiU ' 

t$ Slaves, when tfiey weit 
ftt £kee> hadaCaf gir€athc«. 



,ia Sign of their Libertyr 

17 Brutm freed the ^mim. 
People from the Tyranny of 
the Tar^uifUf and chang'd the . 
)Form «f the Government in- 
to a gloiious Comnioii>wealth«. 

18 The Text o£,tht.'^m0m 
Laws, was written in Ked Let«, 
ten, which was called the Us* 
biicki ttanflaiedheichimore 
general Woxds/ 7«# Itttir •f 



I 



tit PERSIVS. Sat. V. 

Hear me with Pfttience. while th j Mind I fiee 
From thofe fond Notions of £aUe Liberty : 
*ris not the Pnetor'c Province to beftow 
True Freedom \ nor to tetch Mankind to know 
What to our fel?esi or to our Friends, we owe. 
He cou d not fet thee free from Cares and Strife^ 
Nor give the Reins to a kwd ?idout Ltfet 
As well he for an Afi a Harp might ftrin|^ 
Which is againft the Reafon of the things 
For Reaibn ftill is whifp'dng in your Ear» 
Where you are fure to fiul, th' Attempt forbear; 
No need of Publick San^ons, this to btnd» 
Which Nature has implanted in the Mind : 
Not to purfue the work, to which we're not defignVi 

Unskiird in Helliiore, if thou (hou'dft try 
To mix ir,. and miftake the Quantity, 
The Rules of Phyfick wou'd ag^nfl thee cry. 
The high-fhooVI Ploughman, ftibn'd he quit the Land» 
To take the Pilbt*& Rudder in his band, 
Artlefs of Stars, and of the moving Sand^ 
The Gods wou'd leave him to the Waves and Wind» 
And think all Shame was loft in Human Kind. 

Tell me, my Friend, from whence hadft thou the lUIf 
So nicely tp diftinguifli Good firom III? 
Or by the found to judge of Gold and Braft, 
What Piece is Tinkers Metal, what will pafsF 
And what thou art to follow, what to fly, 
This to condemn, and that to ratifie ? 
When to be bounti^d, and when to fpare, 
But never Craving, or opprefs'd with Care? 
The Baits of Gifts, and Money to defpife 
And look on Wealth with undefiring Eyes ? 
When thou canft truly call theft Virtues thinet' 
Be wile and free* by Ueav Vs Conient^ and mmS 

But thou, who ktdy of the common fisaio» 
Wcr^t ona of us> if ftiU thoo do'ft letaio 



Sat. V. PERSIUS. zt^ 

The fame ill Habits, the fame Follies too, 
Giofs'd over only with a Saint-Hke Show, 
Then I refume the Freedom which I gave. 
Still thoa art bound to Vice, and dill a Slave. 
Thou can*ft not wag thy Finger, or begin 
Jhi haft light Motion, but it tends to Sin, 

How's this? Not wag my Finger, he replies f 
Ko, Friend ^ nor fuming Gums, nor Sacrifice, 
Can ever make a Madman free, or wife. 
** Virtue and *9 Vice are never in one Soul: 
" A Man is wholly Wife, or wholly is a Foof. 
A heavy Bumkin* taught with daily Care, 
Can never dance three Steps with a becoming Mr. 

forf. In fpight ef this, my Freedom ftill remains! 

Corn. Free, what, and fetter'd with fo many Chains ^ 
Can'fl thou no other Mafter underAand ** 

Than *» him that free'd thee by the Practor^s Wand-? 
Shou'd he, who was thy Lord, command thee now, 
VfiiYi a harfh Voice, and fupercilious Brow, 
To iervile Duties, thou wou'dft fear no more^ 
The Gallows and the Whip are out of door. 
But if thy FaiTions lord it in thy Bread, 
Art thou not dill a Slave, and flilf oppreffc? 
Whether alone, or in thy Harbt's Lap, 
When thou wou'dfl take a lazy Moming's^Napj 
Up, up, fiys Avarices thou fnor'ft again. 
Stretched thy Umbs, and yawn'd^ butsU in vainr 



19 The Stoicks held this 
Taradox, That any one y!ce, 
oi notociout Folly, which they 
cairdMadoefs, hindied t Man 
from being Virtuous : That a 
Man was of a. Piece,, vithout a 
Miztuie } cithc£ wholly Ti- 
^ 4pasi M GoocT} ene yintac 



or vice, actordiog to tlem^ 
including all the reft. 

20 The Pistoiheld a Wani 
in his Hand, with whidi he 
foftly drack the Slave on the 
Head, whea he dedeccd him 



'^w^^ 



^ 



P E RS lU S. ZAti 



The Tyrant Loae no Denial takes; 

At his Command th' anwilliog Slugged wakes: 

What moft I do? he dries: What? Ays his Lor4^ 

Why rife, make ready, and go ftreight aboard: 

With Fi(h, from luxm Seas, thy Veflel frdghti 

Flax« Caftor, Cotin Wines, the precious Weight 

Of Pepper, and Sab^m Incenie, take 

With thy own Hands, from the tir'd Camel's Back : 

4nd with Poft-hafte thy running Markets make« 

Be fure to turn the Penny^ lye and fweari 

*T\s wholeibm Sin: But J9v$^ thou fay'fti will hear^* 

Swear, Fool, or ftarye, for the Dilemma's even: 

A Tradefman thou! and hope to go to Heav'n } 

Refolv'd for Sea, the Slaves thy Baggage pack^ 
£tch iiuidied with his Burden on his Back : 
Nothing retards thy Voyage, now, unlefi 
Thy other Lord forbids, Volupruoufheft : 
And he may ask this civil Queftkm : Friend, 
What doft thou maike a Shipboard ? to what end } 
Art thou otMeihUm's Noble College free? \ 

Stark, daring mad, that thou wou'dft teiRpt the Sea? * 
Cubb'd in a Cabbin,.on a Mattrefs laid, 
Qn a brown Qiorgif with lowlie Swobbers fed» 
Dead Wine that ftinks of the Borracchh, fup 
From a foul Jack, or greafie Maple-Cup? 
Say wou*dft thou bear all this, to caiie thy Storo > 
From Six i'th' Hundred, to Six Hundred more I ■ 
Indulge, and to thy Goiius freely eive i 
For, not to live at eafi, is not to ave^ 
Death ftalks behind thee, and each flying Hour 
Does Suae kx>& Remnant of thy Life d^our. 
Live, while thou Kv*fts for Death wiU make «s aH < 
A.Nam^ a Nothing but tn OU Wife's Tale. 

Speak i wilt diou Avarice, or Pleafiure, chnft 
Tq jbe thf Lord ? Tike one, and one refiiic.' 



:^AT.V. TERSIUIS. Op 

But both, by tarna» the Rale of thee will hive; 
-And thou, betwixt 'em both, wilt be a Shfe. 
Nor think when once thoa haft refilled ooct 

That all thy Marks of Servitude are gone : . ^ 

The itrugling Greyhound gnaws his Lea(h in Tain i 
'Ui when 'tis broken, (till h&dngs the Chain. 
Says ^> Phddra to his Man, Believe me, Frieddt 

To this uneafy Love TU pot an end : 
^ Shall r run out of aS ? My Friends difgrace. 

And be the firft lewd UnthHft 6f my Race ? 

Shall I the Neighbours nightly Reft invade \ 

^At her deaf Doors, with fome vile Serenade! 

Well haft tfiou freed thy felf, his Man replies, 

<70, thank the Gods, and offer Sacrifice. ) 

Ah, fays the Youth, if we unkindly part. 

Will not the poor fond Creature break her Hearf ? ^ 

'Weak Soul ! and blindly to Deftrudion led ! 
' She break her Ucart ! (hell fooner break your Head, 
'^She knows her Man, and when you rant and fwear 

Can draw you to her, with sfiigU min 

But (hall I not return f Now, when (he fues ? 
' Shall I my own, and her Defires refiife ? 

Sir, take your Courie : But my Advice is plain : 
Once freed, 'tis Madnefs to re(iime your Chain. 

Ay i there's the Man, whokxM'd frona Luft and Pdff, 
Lels to the Praetor owes, than to'himfelf. 
But write him down a Shve^ who, humbly, proud* 
■^ith Preients begs Preferments from the Crowd » 



at This alludes to the Play 
ef Ttrtnctt call*d the Eunuch s 
tHiich was excellently imita- 
ted of late id Ef^Ufh^ hf Sii 
€h*fU$ SUlty : In the fiift 

^ Scene of thaC'Oomcdy, ehf 



dru #as kttoduc'd wsk hit 
Man Pm/fhilmh diiboudbif^ 
whether hie Ihou'd leave hia 
Miftiels ThdiSt or lecnm to 
hesyifiowthat iie had invited 
iiiaii 

. • •• V'TJijit 



/ 



tU 



P E R SIU S. Sat. V. 



That eurly ** Suppliant who falotes the TrSxSt 
And tsts the Mob to foambk for his Bribes: 
That ibme old Dotard, fitting in the Son, 
On Holy-days may tell* that &uh a Feat was done : 
In fiiturf times this will be counted rare. 

Thy SuperfiitioQ too may daim a Share : 
When Flow'rs are ibew'dt and Lamps in order pbcVk 
And Windows with Illuminations grac'd» 
On *3 Herod's Day; when fparkling Bowls go roand» 
And Twmfs Tails in finMiry Sanoe are drowQ*d, 
Tliou mutter'ft Pray'rs obfocne ; nor do'ft rcMs 
The Fafts and Sabbaths of the cortaii'd 7#v/. 
Then a crackVl h Egg-(hell thy fick Fancy firigfatsi 
Befides the Childiih Fear of walking Sprights. 



ai He who fned fox any Of- 
€€e amongft the Tt^mMust was 
call*d a Candidate, becaaTebe 
wore a white Gown ; and (bme- 
times chaJk'd it, to make it 
appear whiter. He ro(e ear- 
ly, and went to the Leveti of 
thole who hendcd the People : 
Saluted alio the Tribes (eve- 
tally, when they weregatbet'd 
together, to chufe their Ma- 
giftrates i and diftributed a 
Largefs amongft them, to en- 
gage them for their Voices : 
Much refembling our Elefti- 
ont of Parliament- Men. 

2) The Commentators are 
dmdad, what Herod this was 
whom -our Author mentions s 
whether Htrod thiCriMt, whofe 
Sirth-day might be Celebra- 
ted, after his Deaths by the 
HifodtMiSf a Sc6t among the 
Jews, who thought him their 
iittUh I OS HvtH v4^it^«x' 



liflng ia the Anthot's tlmc^ 
and after it. The latter fetnis 
the mote probable Opinion. 

24 The Ancients had a So- 
perdition, contrary to ouj% 
concerning Egg-Ihells: Thcf 
thought that if an Egg-iheQ 
were crack'd, or a hole boi'i 
in the Bottom of it, they woe 
fubjedl to the Power of Sorc^ 
ry : We as vainly break the 
Bottom of an £gg-fhell, aad 
«rofs it, when we^have eatea 
the Egg, lefL fome Hagg ibou'i 
make life of it, in bewitching 
OS, or failing over the Sea ia 
it, if it were whole. 

The reft of the Priefts of i 
JJift and her one-ey'd, u 
fquinting Prieftefa, is moia 
largely treated iu the fiadi 
Satyr of fuvtndU where die 

Superftitioos of Woftfa M 
iclatcd| 

Of 



IT. V. PERSIUS. iSy 

cfa-grovrn Gaclding Priefti thou art afriU { 

; Timbre] nul the Squiniifega Mud 

^ awo thee : left tbe Godi. for Sin, 

u^, with N rweUing Drop^, ftufftfcj Skiiu 

left three Girticlf Hea^ the Ctnie iveit, 

» each Morn, (levoutly, next thy Hart. 

?reach tbji among the bnwnyGutrdi, Hf&tbo^ 

1 fee if they th; Doariae will alhw: 

! dull fat Captain, with a Hound's deep Tliroat^ 

•u'd bellow out a Laugb, in a Bale-Mote; 

I prize I huodred Zm^t juft as much 

a dipt Sixpence, or » Sdulling OMd, 




P ERi 



[»*«] 




iP E R S 1 U S. 



THE 



*5 IX T H S A T YR. 



By Mr DRTD E N. 



The ARGUMENT. 

^is Sixth Satyr treats amadmsraile CotnmoH-flace^ 
Moral Phi/ofofBy ; Oftbe irut Ufe of Riches. Hq 
■are certainly ttit ended ty'tbe Power who beftowi 
themy as Inftrumcntsastd Helps of living cowmt* 
dioufiy our f elves \ and of aduniniftringto tbi 
Wants, of others^ who are offrefs^d by rortuMe* 
Ithere are two Kxtreams in the Opinions of Men 
aoncerning them. One Error, t%o* on the right 
band, yet a rr eat one^ss^'Tiat they are no Helps u 
f^rtuous Life;- the other places all onr Happinefi 
in the acquijition and poffeffion of them ; and tbit 
is, Mndoubtedly, theworfi Extream. The Me an ie^ 
twixt thefe, is the Opinion of the Stoicks ; which i, 
That Riches may beufeful to the leading a virtmm 
Life', in cafe we rightly underjiand bow to Gitt 
according to right Reafon ; and how to Receiitt 
what ispivtn m ^ ot6crx« The Firtnc ofGivii' 
6 (ffi 



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Sat. VI. PER SJ U S. z8p 

K^elly is caWd Liberality: And Yss of this Virtue thtf 
Per/ius writes in this Satyr ; wherein he not onfy 
fiews the lawful Ufe of Kiches^ but alfo fbarfly in" 
veighs againjl the Vices which are opposed to it; and 
efpecially of thofe^ which confifi in the Defedx of 
Giving or Spending; or in the Abufe of Riches. He 
writes to Cxfius Baffus his Friend^ and a Poet alfo^ 
Enquires firft of bis Health and Studies; and after^ 
wards informs him of his own^ and where he is now^ 
refident. He gives an account of himfelf^tbat he is en* 
deavouring by little and little to wear off his Vices; and 
particularly^ that be is combating Ambition^ and. the 
Dejire oflVealth. He dwells upon the latter Vice.: Anfl 
being fenjible that jew Men either defire or ufeRuhes 
as they ought ^ he endeavours to convince them of their 
Folly; which is the mainDeJign of the whole Satyr* 



The SI X T H S A TYR. 

To Casfius Baflfus, a Lyrick Poet, > - 

TT A S Winter caus'd thee, Friend, to change thy Scati 

-*--■" And feck in » Sabme Air a warm Retreat ? 

Say, do'ft thou yet the Roman Htrp Command? 

Do the Strings Anfwer to thy Noble Hand^ 

Great Mafier of the Mufe, infpir'd to Sing 

The Beauties of the firft-created Spring i 

The Pedigree of Nature to rehearfe. 

And found the Maker's Work, in equal VerfeJ 

X xAnifiek^ in Suhint sAir, Uc 
All the Studious, and particnlar- 
]y the Poets, about the cad of 
v^«S*A began to fet them fel vet 
on work : Cefrainiag from Wri- 
ting, dacing the Heats of the 
Summer. Thej wrote by Night, 
and fat up the greattft part of it : 
POx wKtch B^nibii the PfothiA 



of their Studies, wascaU'd their 
ElucubfAtUnti or Nightly La- 
bours. They who had Country- 
Seats, Mtii'dto them while ibey 
Studied : As Ptrfimt did to bis, 
which was qear the Port of the 
Moon in Etrmrid ) and Baffhs to 
his which was in the Coumiy of 
the S^HM^i BUICC ^Jl»#. 



apo P E R S lU S. Sat. VI. 

Now *fporring on thy Lyre the Loves of Youth, 
Now Virtuous Age, and Venerable Thxhj 
Expfe0'ing juftly Safho*s wanton Art 
Of Odes, and ?'mdar'B more Majeftick Firt; 

For me, my warmer Con ft itution wants 
Idore Cold, than our Vgarian Winter grants}; 
iAnd therefore to my Native Shoars retir'd, 
I ?icw the Coaft old Bnnius once admir'd; 
"Where Clifts on either fide their Points difplayf • 
^And, after, opening in an ampler way, 
Mbrd the pleafing Profpe6l of ibe Bay. 
"Tis worth your while, O Kommst to regard 
Wi* Port of Luna, {zy% oar Learned Bard 5^ 
,Vho in 3 a drunken Dream beheld his Soul 
The Fifth within the Tranfmtgrating RolU 
Which firft a Pkacock, then Bnpharims, was,- 
Then Hmut next, and next Pythagorasj 
And laft of all the Line did into £»»!«/ pafs. 

Secure and free from Bufinefs of the Seate^; 
!And more 6eure of what the Vulgar prate, 
Here I enjoy my private Thoughts-, nor care 
What Rots for Sheep the Southern Winds prepare ; 
Survey the Neighboring Fields, and not repine, 
^When r behold a larger Crjop than mine: Ta 

a New rpcrtinx on fhytyre. 8tc. / (tvcDiinkcr of Wine. In ap)eam,L 
This proves r^yfw Bafms cohave or Vifion, call you 11 which you 
fcecn a Lyiick Poet,: 'tis faid pleafcheriiought it was reveal d 



cf him, that by an Eruption of 
she Flaming Mountain Vtfuviusy 
near which the greareft Fart of 
Jiis Fortune lay, he was burnt 
himfelf, together with all his 
.Writings. 

h. \Vh9 in 4 drunl^n DrHtm, See. 
J call it a Drunken Doeam of 
Mnnins \ not that my Author ijf 
thi« place give» me any cncou- 
lagemcot for the Epithet { bur 
brcaufe /jiynr^ian&alLwbaiiicii- 



to him, that iht Soul of Pythm* 
^9r4jw;i&tianrmigratefll into bias: 
As P^f W»r4J,berore him belier- 
ed, that hunfelf had been Ej^ 
phnhms in theWarsof Tr»y. Com^ 
mentatois diffcf io placing the 
Order of this Soul, and who had 
it fiift 1 have hera t ivco it Co 
the Peacock, becauU as looks 
more according to the Ordea 
of Ratuce, that it Aoad lodfc 
ia % GrtaiBxt of an iofi»toK 



iiquJBaaJiUi fay heiiMUlUft^.V^1f^>i^V «mICq bi Gnditida 



^tfn 



Sat. VI. PERSIUS. tsn 

To fee a Beggar's Brat in Riches flow. 

Adds not a Wrinkle to my even Brow; 

Nor, envious at the fighr, will I forbear 

JMy plenteous B^wl, nor bate my bounteous Cheer. 

Nor yet uofcal the Dregs of Wine that (link 

Of Cask; nor in a nafty Flaggon drink j 

Let others ftuff their Guts with homely Fare; 

For Men of diflPrcnt Inclinations are; 

Tho' bom perhaps beneath one common Star. 

In MimU and Manners Twins oppos'd we fee 

In the fame Sign, almoft the fame Degree : 

One, frugal, on his Birth- Day fears to Dincf 

Does at a Penny's coft in Herbs repine, 

And hardly dares to dip his Fingers in the HrinCr 

Prepared as Prieft of his own Rhcs to ftand, 

He fprinkles Pepper with a (paring hand. 

His Jolly Brother, oppofite in Senie, 

Laughs at his Thrift; and lavifh of Expence, 

QoafPs, Crams, and Guttles, in his own defence. 
For roe. Til u(e my own; and take my (hares 

Yet win not Torbots for my Slaves prepare: 

Ndr be & nice in Tade my felf , to know 

If what I fwalk>w be t ThruOi, or no. 

Live on thy Annual Income; S|2jend thy Store; 

And freely grind, fl-om thy full threihing- Floor i^ 

Next Harveft promiles as much, or more. 

Thus I wou'd live: But Friendfliip's holy Band, ^ 

And Offices of Kiodneis hold my Hand : 5* 

My 4 Friend is Sbipwreck'd on the Sruibm Scrandv ^ 

His Riches in th' Ionian Main are loft; 

And he himfelf ftands fhiv'riog on the Coaft ; Where, 

nfe to the informing of a Mair. and not, that any fiich Aeci- 



And P^fius fivouxime; by fiiy- 
nig, that Fnmut was the Fifth 
mm the P7th4^9riMnfttco€k. 

4 My Frttnd is Shifwrecl^d^ 
&c. Perhaps thia is only a fine 
Tiinfition of the Poef, to imro- 

^¥iV^MBMi 9i the Sttyi \ 



dent bad happen'dtooneofthe 
PiieiKb of Ptrfins, Bkit, howe- 
ver, thit is tne moff Poetical 
Dcfctiption of any In onr An- 
thoc : And Gnce* he and Lnean 
weielbcflnc Ffiench, t know 
not Vvft LiK«n TG^E^\i8^\\!ffiB.^ 
O % ^^ 



ipz. 



P E R S lU S. 



Sat. VI. 



Where, deftitute of Help, forlorn and bare. 

He wearies the Deaf Godi with Fruitleis Pray'r. 

Their Images, the Relicks of the Wrack, 

Tom from the naked Poop, are tided back 

By the wild Waves, and rudely thrown aihoie, 

lie impotent} nor can them&lves reftorc. 

The VefTel fticks, and (hews her open'd Side» 

And on her (hatter'd Maft the Mews in Triumph ride; 

Arom f thy new Hope, and from thy growing Store, 

Now lend AlTiihnce, and relieve the Poor. 

Come; do a Noble Ad of Charity; 

A Pittance of thy Land will iet him free. 

Let him not bear the Badges of a Wreck, 

Nor ^ beg with a blue Table on his Back : 

Nor tell me that thy frowning Heir will &y, 

'TIS mine that Wealth thou fquander'ft thus away i 

What is't to thee, if he negled thy Urn, 

Or y without Spices lets thy Body burn ? 



If 



in two or three of thefc Verfcs, 
which fecm to be written in his 
^lylc J certain it is, that bc- 
iidcs this Dcfcription of a Ship- 
wreck, and two Lines morCi 
which are at the end of the Se- 
cond Satyr, our Poet has writ- 
ten nothing Elegantly. I wiil 
therefore Tranfcribe both the 
fMiu^es to juftific my Opinion. 
The following arctheluft Veifes 
laving one of the Second Satyr, 
Cvnpojiti^fn jutffafqtu animiifanc' 

tofijHe nctffus. 
Mint IS ^ ir inct^H/n^tnerefo feff/is 

The others are tliofein this prc- 
fent Satyr, which are fujcyn'd : 

' ^rabe rnpta, Bruttia Saxm 

Trendit Amicus inopsi 'Ii^m^Hi*m^ 

nentt furda^ue V9ta. . 
Condidif IvnitJ Jastt iffi imLit' 

tort } ^ M^A 
Jujtmics de fufft Ddi Jamtfit* 

•bvU Mcrgis 
Ojfa TAfit iattrs — 



5 From thy new ff*^, &C. The 
LdttH is, Nunc & de Cejf^ite vh»% 
frAHgt Mli<imd. Csfmttben only op- 
pofes the Cefpes vivus^ which^ 
Word for Word, is the living 
Tnif, to the Hatvcft or Anoatl 
Income .* I fuppofe the Poet ra- 
ther means, Sell a piece of Land 
already (own, and give tbeMq- 
ny of it to my Frieod who 
has loilall by Shipwreck: Thai 
is, do not flay 'till thou haft 
Reap'd; but help him immcdi* 
gtcly as his Wants lequiie. 

6 Nor i/»g vjitb d blue Table, ScC. 
HoUday Tcanflatcs it a Gieea 
Table: The Senfe is the famei 
fox the Table was painted of the 
Sea ColoQx | which the Shi|{- 
wrcckM Petfon caccied on bis 
back, czpicfllnfi his Lofles theie- 
by, to excite the Charity of the 
SpeAators. 

7 Or withent Spices^ &e. Tht 

^^a4vu ^i t^ BLich bcfoxe they 

^«tc 



IT. VI. PERSIUS. ts>% 

Ddours to thy Afhes he refule, 
buys corrupted OJpa from the yn»s t 
theie, the wiier Befiius will reply, 
empty Pomp, and Deadmen's Luxury: 
never knew this vain £zpeace» before 
effeminated Grnuins brought it o'er : 
(V Toys and Trifles fix>m their Athtns come } 
I Dates and Pepper have unfinew'd BjatM. 
' fweatlng Hinds their Sallads, now» defilc> 
idling homely Berbs with fri^nt Oil. 
, to thy Ponune be not thou a Slave s 
what haft thou to fear beyond the Grave? 
i thou whogap'ft for my Efhte, draw near^ 
I wou'd whifper ibmewhat in thy Ear;, 
r'ft thou the News, my Friend? th'Exprefi is come 
h laureird Letters from the Camp to ILmt : 
\r ^ falutes the Queen and Senate thus : « 

Arms are on the Vjo'ttf Vidirorious. 
n Mourning Altars fwcep the Duft away : 
e Fading, and proclaim a fat Thankfgivlog Day. 



buint, were embalm'dwith 
:s; or rather Spices were 
into the Urn, with the Re- 
of the Aihes . Out Autlior 
names Cinnwn9n aiidCW^^, 
h Ca^ha was fophifiicated 
Cherry 'Gum: And probably 
ish by the Jtwsi who adal- 
e all thines which they fell, 
vhethcc tne Ancients were 
aintcd with the Spices of 
MtUtecA lilanda, CtyUn and 
: parts of the Indits \ or 
[lec their Pifptr and D'»m- 
ffcc. were the fame with 
is another Queftfon. As 
mmegs and JtfWcf^ *tis plain» 
the Lmmh Namts of them 
Cbdern. 

TdfiirJslHUSyUe. ThtCsfdr 
nention'dls "CM tdlipiUy 



I Cermdnst whom he never Con** 
quex'd, as he did over tbuBritsinti 
and accordingly fent Letten 
wrapt about with Laurels, to the 
Seiiate, andthcEmprels C4foni«\ 
whom I here call Queen 3 though 
I know that Name was not us'd 
I amongfk the T^dns : But the 
Word fimpxefs won'd not ftand in 
that Verfe i for whicb reafoa I 
adjourn'd it to another. The Duft 
which was to be fwcpr away from 
the Altars, was eithec the Aihes 
which were lefk there, after the 
laft Sacrifice lor Viaory; ox 
might perhaps mean the Duft ok 
A&s, which weie left on the 
Altars, fince fome former De- 
feat of the l^Mms, by the Otr^ 
mdnsi Aftet which Oreitbcow, 
tbi AltM had beta Aq^lcaed. 



194 P E R S lU S. Sat.V 

The 9 goodly Emprefs, JolKiy indin'd, 

Is» to the welcome Bearer, wond'hMis kind : 

And* (etting her good (ioufewifry a(ide» 

Prepares for all the Pageantry of Pride. 

The '^Captive Gtrmtms^ of Gyganttck Sracr 

Are rank'd ia Order, and are dad in Prize : 

The Spoils of Kings, and conquer'd Camps we boaib 

Their Arms in Trophies hang on the triumphal Poftr 

Now, for (b many Glorious Adions done 
la Fordgn Parts* and mighty Battels won; 
For Peace at Home, and for the Pablick Wealrbr 
I mean to Oown a Bowl to C4tf»r\ Heahh : 
Beikies, in Gratitude for (bch high Mattert. 
Know ■■ I have vow'd two hundred Gbdiators. 
Sayt woa'dft thou hinder me firom this Expeace^ 
1 difin&erit thee, if thou dar'ft take Ofifencc. 
Yet more, a publick Largefs 1 dedgn 
Of Oil and Pies, to make the People dine: 
G}0trou1 me not> for fear I change my Will. 

And yet methinks I hear thee grumbling (Ullr 
You give a$ if you were the Verfian King; 
Your I.«and does no. £o large Revenues bring. 
Well; on my Terms thou wilt not be ray Heir?. 
If thou car'ft little, lefs (hsill be my Care: 
V^ere none of all my Father's Sifters lefts 
Nay, were I of my Mother's Kin bereft; 
None by an Uncle's or a Grandame's fide. 
Yet I cou'd ibme adopted Heir provide.. 



9 CMfimi*, Wife to CaiMt Cdli- 
fnU, who aftciwaids, io the 
He'gn of Ci^udius, w^s piopo- 
icd, but inefle&ually, to be 
fnarry'd to bioa, aftei he had 
ciecuted MiJftUna fot Adultery. 

10 Tht C^tivt Girmans, &C. 
He means onlj^ fuch as. were to 
fail foi Ctrmtms ia the Tii- 
WDph:. Laxae Body*d Men, as 

fiiey aic &ill*i ti)iQA \^ 



piefs Cloath*4 oetr, with ce 
Gaiments, foe the greatei 
fientation of the Vidory. 

II i^0W, L h4V€ V9V>*d 

hundred GUdUtars* A hUD 
pail of Gladiators, were be; 
ttie Puifc of any pcivate Mm 
give : Thetefore this is oi 
thieatjung to his Heir, dli 

could do what te Elw'd 



Sat. VI. PERSIUS. zs>r 

I need but take my Journey half a Day 

From haughty R^me, and at Arice/t day. 

Where Fortune throws poor MMihts in my way. 

Him will I chufe : What him* of humbie Birth, 

Obfcure, a Foundling, and a Son of Earth ? 

Obfcurc! Why pr'ythce what tm I ? I know 

My Father, Grandfire, and great Grandftre too^* 

If farther I derive my Pedigret, 

I can but gueis beyond the- fourth Degree. 

The reft of my forgotten Ancedors, 

Were Sons of £arth, like him, or Sons of WhoreS; 

Yet why wou'dft thou, old covetous Wretch, tTpire 
To be my Heir, who might'ft have been my Sire? 
In Nature's Race, ihou'dft thou demand of me 
My <^ Torch, when I in courfe run after thee^ 
Think T approach thee, like the God of Gain, 
With Wings on Head and Heels, as Poets ieiga:- 

Thy moderate Fortune from my Gift receive i 

Now fairly take if, or as fiirly leave. 

fiut take it as it is, and ask no more. 

What, when thou haft embezzeird all thy Store-?*' 

Where's all thy Father left ? Tis true, I grant, 

Sbme I have mortgag'd, to fupply my Wantr 

The Legacies of inJius too are flown ; 

AW fpent, and on the felf-£ime Erfand gone; 

Kow little then to my poor Share wiU fall ^ 

X^tttle indeed > but yet that little's all. 
Nor tdl me^ in a dying Father's Tone, 

Bt carefiil ftill of the main Chance, my Sdar 

Piit out the Pirincipal, kk triifty Hand's: 

Uve on the Ufe ; and never dip thy Lands: 

B\]t yet what's left for me ? What's le^, my Friend f 

Ask that again, and all the reft I fpead; 



196 



PERSIUS. Sao-. VI. 



Is not my Fortune at my own Commaiid ? 
Pour Oil i and pour it with a plenteous Hand 
Upon my Sallada, Boy : Shall I be fed 
With fodden Nettles, and a (ing'd Sow'a Head ? 
Tis Holy-day, provide me better Cheer i 
'Tis Holy-day. and Ihall be,around the Y&r. 
Shall I my Houfhold Gods and Genius cheat. 
To make him rich, who grudges me my Meat ? 
That he may loll at eafe » and pamper'd high, 
When I am laid, may feed on Giblet Pie ? 
And when his throbbing Luft eitends the Vein, 
Have wherewithal his Whores to entertain ? 
Shall I in homefpun Goth be clad, that he 
His Paunch in friumph may before him (ee. 

Go Miier, go j for Luae fell thy Soul i 
Truck Wares tor Wares, and trudge from Pole to Pole : 
That Men may fay. when thou art dead and gone. 
See what a vaft Eftate he left his Son ! 
How large a Family of Brawny Knaves, 
Well fed, and fat ^s^i CappaJociaa ^zves ! 
Encreafe thy Wealth, and double all thy Score i 
*ris done: Now double that, and fwell the Score ; 
To ev'ry Thoufand, add Ten Thoufand more. 
Then fay, ^^Chryfifpus, thou who wou'dfl confine 
Thy Heap, where I (hall put an end to mine. 



} 



1} Well fed. And fat as Cappado- 
tUnSUves: Who were famous 
for their Luftinefs ; and being, 
as we call it, in good Liking. 
They weic fet on a Stall when 
they were expos'd to Sale, to 
ihcw the good Habit of their Bo- 
dy, andmadeto playYiicksbe- 
foie the Buyers, to ihcw theix 
A^ivity and Sciength. 

i^ Thea fay^ Chryp^puSy &C. 



Chryjippm the Stoick invented a 
1uad of Argument, confifting of 
more than three Piopofitioos; 
which iscaird Sorites, or a Heap. 
But as Chryfiyppu* could never 
bring his Propofitions to a cer- 
tain ftint I To neither can a cove* 
tous Man bring his craving De- 
fires to any certain Meafuie of . 
Riches, beyond which, he could { 
not wiih fox any moicii 



F IN IS, 



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